Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Amherst, NY.

The demand for drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special regards to opiate dependent 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 available to pregnant and postpartum women in Amherst provide a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and receive the recovery they need to stay abstinent during postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services in lieu of legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at these types of programs might involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even offer education in parenting and include trauma-specific services to handle any 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 need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women often provide inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient treatment services available to them including healthcare services.

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