Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Council, NC.

The demand for substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special regards to opiate dependent pregnant and postpartum women considering 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. Rehab facilities provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Council provide wide spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol a reality, allow opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and get the recovery they need to stay clean and sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services rather than legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures support the idea of keeping the family together and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at such rehabilitation programs might include group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide training in parenting and include trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this position usually require extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often provide inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient therapy services available to them including medical services.

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