Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Shawnee, CO.

The demand for substance abuse rehab programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with exceptional regards 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. Treatment centers provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Shawnee offer wide range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting off drugs and alcohol a reality, ensure opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and receive the treatment they need to stay sober while postpartum.

States which 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 support the idea of keeping the family as an unit and keeping the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at these types of rehabilitation programs might include group, individual, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide training in parenting and include trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this position usually require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many difficulties to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehab facilities for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with ongoing outpatient treatment services available to them including medical services.

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