Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Westbrook, ME.

The demand for substance abuse rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with particular regards to opiate dependent pregnant and postpartum women since 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. Rehab facilities provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Westbrook provide wide spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers a passage into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and obtain the recovery they need to remain sober while postpartum.

States which offer pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services alternatively to legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures support the idea of maintaining the family together and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services offered at these types of programs may involve group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even provide education in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to work on any type of abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation normally need comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many difficulties to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women often offer inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient treatment services offered to them including medical services.

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