Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Portland, NY.

The demand for addiction treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with special attention to opiate 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. Programs offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Portland provide a comprehensive range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers a passage into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted infants, and obtain the recovery they need to remain abstinent while postpartum.

States that offer pregnant and postpartum women with treatment services rather than legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of maintaining the family as an unit and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at these types of rehabilitation programs may include group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide education in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to address any abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Most women in this situation usually need extensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many difficulties to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women often provide inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient treatment services available to them including healthcare services.

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