Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Elk Creek, VA.

The need for substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women has never been greater, with particular regards 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 offered to pregnant and postpartum women in Elk Creek provide a comprehensive range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make abstinence from drugs and alcohol a reality, ensure opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers a passage into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-opioid dependent newborn children, and receive the rehabilitation they need to remain sober while postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum women with rehab services rather than legal consequences, such as revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services sustain the idea of maintaining the family together and maintaining the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the infants and other children involved. Services offered at such programs may include individual, group, and family counseling as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some treatment programs may even provide education and training in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to work on any abusive relationships which trigger their drug or alcohol abuse as well as sexual and emotional abuse for everyone in the family.

Most women in this situation often require extensive 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 centers for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes provide residential and inpatient care with beds for clients children, and transition services to sober living programs with continuing outpatient therapy services available to them including medical services.

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