Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Scotland, CT.

The demand for drug and alcohol rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special attention to opiate 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. Rehab facilities offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Scotland provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol a reality, ensure opioid addicted 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 while postpartum.

States which offer 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 sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and keeping the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at these types of programs might include individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle 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 situation normally need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with ongoing outpatient therapy services offered to them including healthcare services.

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