Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Alfred, ME.

The need for drug and alcohol rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special regards to opiate addicted pregnant and postpartum women because 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. Programs provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Alfred offer wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid addicted mothers transition into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to stay sober during postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services alternatively to legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures support the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and keeping the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services delivered at these types of programs may include individual, group, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which bring on their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Many women in this situation usually need extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient therapy services available to them including medical services.

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