Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - New Portland, ME.

The demand for substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention to opiate 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. Treatment centers available to pregnant and postpartum women in New Portland offer a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol a reality, allow opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and get the rehabilitation they need to remain clean and sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with treatment services in lieu of legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services offered at these types of programs may involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even offer education and training in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this situation normally need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with ongoing outpatient therapy services available to them including healthcare services.

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