Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Pelham, NH.

The need for substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional 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. Programs available to pregnant and postpartum women in Pelham offer a comprehensive range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and get the rehabilitation they need to stay sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services alternatively to legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at these types of rehabilitation programs might include group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide education in parenting and incorporate trauma-specific services to address 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 often need extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse treatment programs 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 offered to them including healthcare services.

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