Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - South Boston, MA.

The need for drug and alcohol treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention 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. Rehab facilities provided for pregnant and postpartum women in South Boston provide a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid dependent mothers a passage into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted infants, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to remain sober while postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services in lieu of legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and maintaining the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services offered at such rehabilitation programs might involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Many women in this situation usually need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse rehab centers for pregnant and postpartum women often offer residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient therapy services offered to them including healthcare services.

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