Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - St. Albans, ME.

The need for addiction rehabilitation programs for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with exceptional regards 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. Treatment centers available to pregnant and postpartum women in St. Albans provide wide spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol a reality, ensure opioid addicted mothers a passage into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and get the rehabilitation they need to remain sober during postpartum.

States that offer pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services in lieu of legal consequences, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these measures sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and maintaining the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the well-being of the newborns and other children involved. Services delivered at these types of programs may involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide training in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to handle any abusive relationships which trigger their substance abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Many women in this situation often need comprehensive outpatient treatment services, yet face many challenges to their sobriety because of the complex nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient treatment services offered to them including healthcare services.

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