Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Essex, CT.

The demand for substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional regards to opioid addicted 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 available to pregnant and postpartum women in Essex provide broad spectrum 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 drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and get the rehabilitation they need to remain abstinent while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services alternatively to legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services delivered at these types of rehabilitation programs may involve group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to work on any abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Many women in this position often need extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehabilitation centers for pregnant and postpartum women often provide residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient therapy services offered to them including medical services.

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