Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Ireland, WV.

The need for substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention to opiate dependent pregnant and postpartum women since 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. Treatment centers offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Ireland offer a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and obtain the treatment they need to remain clean and sober during postpartum.

States that offer pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services rather than legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of keeping the family together and keeping the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services delivered at such programs might include group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even offer education in parenting and include trauma-specific services to address any abusive relationships which stimulate their substance abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation often require extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women often offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient treatment services available to them including medical services.

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