Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Amherst, OH.

The need for substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with special regards to opiate dependent pregnant and postpartum women since 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 Amherst provide wide spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to remain sober during postpartum.

States that offer pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services alternatively to legal consequences, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of keeping the family together and keeping the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services offered at such rehabilitation programs may involve group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even provide education in parenthood and include 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.

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

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