Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Atlanta, LA.

The demand for substance abuse rehabilitation centers for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special attention to opioid dependent pregnant and postpartum women considering 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 Atlanta provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol a reality, allow opioid addicted mothers the transformation into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to stay abstinent during postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services rather than legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and keeping the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services offered at such rehabilitation programs might involve group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation typically require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often provide residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient treatment services available to them including healthcare services.

For All Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities In Atlanta, Click Here.