Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD

Research on substance use, pregnancy, and parenting. On TikTok @prof_margaret.

[Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD @prof_margaret]

Why care about family pres/reunification for infants with prenatal substance exposure? Because moms who lose custody are at heightened likelihood of subsequent exposed pregnancy. We can’t adopt our way out of the opioid epidemic.

[Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD @prof_margaret]

If we want families together, we have to support the interventions that work.

[Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD @prof_margaret]

Family treatment courts work even when parents don’t complete treatment! We linked CPS & treatment data to track families through both systems. FTC families 53% more likely to reunify independent of parent Tx outcomes. New paper out @DrugAlcReports.

[Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD @prof_margaret]

This suggests that FTC programs improve the *other* challenges these families face while a parent is on their recovery journey.