Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Sandy Spring, MD.

The need for drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs 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 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 Sandy Spring offer wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers a passage into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and obtain the treatment they need to remain clean and sober while postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum women 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 together and maintaining the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services offered at such rehabilitation programs might include group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even provide training in parenting and include trauma-specific services to work on 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 position normally need comprehensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties 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 often offer residential and inpatient treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient treatment services available to them including medical services.

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