Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - George, IA.

The demand for drug and alcohol treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional regards to opioid dependent 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. Rehab facilities provided for pregnant and postpartum women in George provide wide spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and receive the recovery they need to remain sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services rather than legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and keeping the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services delivered at such programs may involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even offer education in parenting and include trauma-specific services to work on any type of abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Most women in this position typically need extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehab programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient treatment services available to them including medical services.

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