Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Lee, MA.

The need for substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, 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 Lee provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol feasible, allow opioid addicted mothers transition into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and obtain the recovery they need to stay sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services rather than 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 maintaining the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at these types of programs may involve group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even offer education in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any abusive relationships which bring on their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation usually require extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient therapy services offered to them including medical services.

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