Brookhaven Retreat
Overwhelming Grief From Loss of Child Can Cause Substance Abuse in Women
Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, February 8th, 2009
When a child is born the lives of parents are changed forever. Their lives become centered around the safety, happiness and success of this new person. Plans are made for their future, and days are spent thinking about soccer practice carpools, piano recitals and college tuition payments. But what happens when that future tragically disappears' Experts from Brookhaven Retreat, a multidisciplinary treatment facility that helps women overcome emotional trauma and addiction challenges, say that the death of a child is one of the darkest and most traumatic losses imaginable and can lead to substance abuse, particularly in women.
Grief, regardless of how it manifests itself,...
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