Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Sassafras, KY.

The demand for drug and alcohol treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular regards to opioid 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. Programs provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Sassafras offer a comprehensive spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid dependent mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a sober and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and receive the treatment they need to remain clean and sober during postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services alternatively to legal penalties, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of keeping the family as an unit and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at these types of programs may involve group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even offer education in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for all family members.

Most women in this situation usually require extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient treatment services offered to them including healthcare services.

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