Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Dexter, MO.

The demand for drug and alcohol treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention to opioid dependent pregnant and postpartum women since 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 Dexter provide a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and obtain the treatment they need to remain abstinent during postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab 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 abstinence in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services offered at such programs might include individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even provide education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Many women in this position usually need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women often provide 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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