Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Meherrin, VA.

The need for drug and alcohol treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women is very high, with exceptional regards to opioid dependent pregnant and postpartum women since 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 provided for pregnant and postpartum women in Meherrin provide a comprehensive range of services, non-punitive in nature, to make getting clean from drugs and alcohol a reality, allow opioid addicted mothers and soon to be mothers the transformation into a clean and healthy pregnancy with non-addicted newborn children, and receive the treatment they need to stay clean and sober during postpartum.

States which provide pregnant and postpartum mothers with rehab services in lieu of legal consequences, including revocation of their parental rights, have found that these types of services support the idea of keeping the family together and maintaining the mother's abstinence and sobriety in place so that this positively impact's the welfare of the newborns and other children involved. Services provided at such rehabilitation programs may involve group, individual, and family therapy as well as prenatal and postpartum care. Some programs may even offer education in parenthood and incorporate trauma-specific services to address any type of abusive relationships which stimulate their drug or alcohol abuse as well as emotional and sexual abuse for all family members.

Many women in this position typically need extensive outpatient treatment services, but face many difficulties to their sobriety because of the difficult nature of being a single parent. Substance abuse treatment facilities for pregnant and postpartum women sometimes offer inpatient and residential treatment with beds for clients children, and aftercare services to sober living facilities with ongoing outpatient therapy services offered to them including healthcare services.

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