Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Alberta, VA.

The need for substance abuse rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention to opiate dependent pregnant and postpartum women considering 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 provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Alberta offer broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol feasible, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent infants, and obtain the rehabilitation they need to remain clean and sober while postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services rather than legal penalties, including 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 abstinence in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services delivered at such rehabilitation programs may include group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some rehab centers may even offer education in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to work on any abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this position often require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. drug and alcohol treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women often provide residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient therapy services available to them including healthcare services.

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