The demand for addiction treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional regards to opiate addicted 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. Treatment centers offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Houston provide wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol a reality, allow opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and get the rehabilitation they need to stay abstinent while postpartum.
States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with treatment services in lieu of legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of keeping the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at these types of programs might include individual, group, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even provide education and training in parenting and include trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.
Most women in this situation usually need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehab programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient treatment services available to them including healthcare services.
There are 8 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities offering this service in Houston, TX
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