Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Old Westbury, NY.

The need for substance abuse rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular regards to opiate dependent pregnant and postpartum women because 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. Programs offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Old Westbury offer a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted infants, and receive the treatment they need to stay abstinent while postpartum.

States that offer pregnant and postpartum women with treatment services rather than legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and maintaining the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services offered at these types of programs may include group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education in parenting and include trauma-specific services to work on any abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Most women in this situation typically require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient therapy services offered to them including healthcare services.

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