Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Sitka, AK.

The demand for substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional attention to opioid addicted pregnant and postpartum women since cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome have increased from 7 cases per 1,000 admissions to neonatal intensive care units in 2004 to 27 cases per 1,000 admissions in 2013. Programs provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Sitka offer wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol feasible, allow opioid addicted mothers the transformation into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and get the treatment they need to stay sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services alternatively to legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of maintaining the family together and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services offered at such rehabilitation programs may include individual, group, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any type of abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this situation normally need comprehensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient treatment services offered to them including healthcare services.

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