The demand for substance abuse rehab programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional regards to opioid addicted pregnant and postpartum women because cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome have risen 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 Tow provide broad range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol a reality, ensure opioid addicted mothers the transformation into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and get the treatment they need to remain abstinent while postpartum.
States that 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 together and maintaining the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services delivered at such rehabilitation programs might include group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide training in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any type of abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.
Most women in this situation usually need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse rehabilitation centers for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with ongoing outpatient therapy services offered to them including medical services.