The need for drug and alcohol treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention 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 Gonzales provide wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and get the rehabilitation they need to stay sober during postpartum.
States that provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services alternatively to legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of keeping the family together and maintaining the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at such programs may include individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide education in parenting and include trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.
Many women in this position typically need comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet 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 offer residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient treatment services available to them including medical services.
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