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The need for drug and alcohol treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with particular regards to opiate 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 Erie offer wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol a reality, allow opioid addicted mothers the transformation into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and get the recovery they need to stay clean and sober during postpartum.
States that offer pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services alternatively to legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at such programs may involve group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide training in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.
Many women in this situation normally need comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women often offer residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient therapy services available to them including healthcare services.
