Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Alton, MO.

The demand for substance abuse treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with exceptional attention to opioid dependent pregnant and postpartum women because 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 available to pregnant and postpartum women in Alton provide broad spectrum of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, allow opioid addicted mothers transition into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted infants, and get the recovery they need to stay sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services rather than legal penalties, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and keeping the mother's sobriety in place so that this positively enforces the well-being of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at such programs may involve individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even offer education and training in parenthood and include 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.

Many women in this situation typically require comprehensive outpatient treatment services, but face many challenges to their sobriety due to the difficult nature of being a single parent or sole caregiver. Substance abuse rehab centers for pregnant and postpartum women often offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living facilities with continuing outpatient therapy services offered to them including healthcare services.

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