Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Ashfield, MA.

The need for substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with particular regards to opioid 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. Programs available to pregnant and postpartum women in Ashfield provide a comprehensive range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid dependent mothers transition into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and receive the recovery they need to remain abstinent while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services rather than legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures support 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 these types of rehabilitation programs may involve group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even offer education in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which bring on their substance abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation normally require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse rehabilitation centers for pregnant and postpartum women often provide residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient therapy services offered to them including medical services.

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