The demand for addiction rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special 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. Rehab facilities offered to pregnant and postpartum women in New Castle provide wide spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid dependent mothers transition into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and receive the rehabilitation they need to stay sober while postpartum.
States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with treatment services in lieu of legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and keeping the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services delivered at such programs may include individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.
Many women in this position typically require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient treatment services offered to them including healthcare services.
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