Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Boothbay Harbor, ME.

The need for substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with particular attention to opioid 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 offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Boothbay Harbor offer wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid dependent mothers transition into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and get the rehabilitation they need to remain sober while postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services in lieu of legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of keeping the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services delivered at such rehabilitation programs may involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even offer education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to work on any type of abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this situation normally require extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety due to the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient treatment services offered to them including medical services.

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