Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - St. John, KS.

The demand for drug and alcohol treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with exceptional regards to opiate dependent 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. Rehab facilities provided for pregnant and postpartum women in St. John provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid dependent mothers transition into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and get the rehabilitation they need to remain abstinent while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services in lieu of legal consequences, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of maintaining the family as an unit 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 offered at these types of programs might involve group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even offer training in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Most women in this situation normally require 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 treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient therapy services available to them including healthcare services.

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