Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Amherst, NE.

The need for substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular attention to opioid 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. Rehab facilities available to pregnant and postpartum women in Amherst offer broad range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol possible, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers transition into a drug free and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted infants, and obtain the recovery they need to stay sober during postpartum.

States that provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with treatment services in lieu of legal consequences, 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 enforces the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services provided at these types of programs might involve group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even provide training in parenthood and include trauma-specific services to handle any type of abusive relationships which bring on their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Many women in this situation usually 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. Substance abuse treatment centers for pregnant and postpartum women often provide inpatient and residential care with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with ongoing outpatient treatment services available to them including medical services.

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