Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Long Island, KS.

The demand for substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular regards to opioid dependent pregnant and postpartum women because 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. Programs available to pregnant and postpartum women in Long Island offer broad range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and receive the treatment they need to remain clean and sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers 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 keeping the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at such rehabilitation programs may include individual, group, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide education in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this position often require extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often provide residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient therapy services available to them including medical services.

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