Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - St. Stephen, SC.

The need for drug and alcohol treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional regards to opiate dependent 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. Treatment centers provided for pregnant and postpartum women in St. Stephen offer a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol feasible, allow opioid addicted mothers a passage into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to stay sober while postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum women with treatment 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 maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the well-being of the newborns and other children involved. Services delivered at these types of programs might include group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Most women in this position often require extensive 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 facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often provide residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with ongoing outpatient treatment services offered to them including healthcare services.

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