Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Union, KY.

The need for drug and alcohol treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special regards to opioid addicted 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. Treatment centers available to pregnant and postpartum women in Union provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol a reality, ensure opioid addicted mothers transition into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and receive the treatment they need to stay clean and sober while postpartum.

States that offer pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services rather than legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of keeping the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at such rehabilitation programs may include individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to work on any type of abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation typically require extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide residential and inpatient treatment 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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