A drug-addicted woman who managed to quit when she found out she was going to be a mother

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I would go She is a woman who, as she explains in the video, began to use drugs at the age of 12: “My day to day was chaos”, be honest. overcome your addiction and starting to think about a better future was the moment she knew she was going to be a mother.

Thanks to the care she received from the health professionals at Hospital d’Hebron (Barcelona), this young woman felt listened to, supported and covered throughout your pregnancy.

In 2022, the Social Obstetrics and Mental Health Unit of this hospital, treated a total of 270 women at risk of psychosocial vulnerabilitynot only during the gestation months, but also in the first postpartum year.

the orThe objective is to improve an unfavorable social environment to help women and their families adjust to the arrival of the baby and establish a healthy and strong bond.

“We visit them every month and we establish a good doctor-patient relationship with them“, explains Maia Brik, specialist in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.


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This unit intervenes in different cases: when the woman is a minor, has mental health problems, a addiction or when he is a victim of sexist violence.

“Before, we found ourselves detecting women in a situation of psychosocial vulnerability at the moment after the woman gave birth,” points out Elena Sánchez, health social worker.

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