Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Athens, IN.

The need for drug and alcohol rehab centers for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with special regards to opiate addicted pregnant and postpartum women because 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 offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Athens offer broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid addicted mothers transition into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and obtain the recovery they need to remain sober during postpartum.

States which offer pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services alternatively to legal consequences, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures support the idea of keeping the family as an unit and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the newborns and other children involved. Services offered at such programs might involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even offer education and training in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any type of abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Most women in this position typically require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women often provide 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 medical services.

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