Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Elizabeth City, NC.

The demand for drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular regards to opioid addicted 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 Elizabeth City provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to remain sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services in lieu of legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and keeping the mother's abstinence in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at such programs might involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to handle any type of abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this position typically need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient therapy services available to them including healthcare services.

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