The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women: Theory and Practice

642 Pages·2002·3.59 MB·English

by  Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner

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THE HANDBOOK
OF ADDICTION
TREATMENT
FOR WOMEN
Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner
and
Stephanie Brown,
Editors
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THE HANDBOOK
OF ADDICTION TREATMENT
FOR WOMEN
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THE HANDBOOK
OF ADDICTION
TREATMENT
FOR WOMEN
Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner
and
Stephanie Brown,
Editors
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CONTENTS
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING ADDICTED WOMEN 1
1 Women’s Addiction and Treatment Through a Historical Lens 3
Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Patricia Rose Attia
2 Women and Addiction: Expanding Theoretical Points of View 26
Stephanie Brown
3 Helping Women Recover: Creating Gender-Responsive
Treatment 52
Stephanie S. Covington
PART TWO: MAJOR ADDICTIONS AMONG WOMEN 73
4 Drug- and Alcohol-Abusing Women 75
Lynn E. O’Connor, Milena Esherick, and Cassandra Vieten
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5 The Queen of Diamonds: Women and Compulsive Gambling 99
Diane Rae Davis
6 Women and Eating Disorders 127
Susan D. Raeburn
7 Sexually Addictive Behavior in Women 154
Judith E. Rubin
8 Women and Relationship Addiction 170
Carol Tosone
9 Women and Spending Addictions 187
Linda Barbanel
10 Women and Smoking 202
Jeannine Crouse
PART THREE: LIFE CYCLE ISSUES FOR ADDICTED WOMEN 227
11 Adolescent Girls and Addiction 229
Rose Fajardo Latino
12 Addiction and Recovery in Midlife 252
Nancy Waite-O’Brien
13 Older Women and Addictions 272
Renee S. Katz
PART FOUR: ADDICTIONS ISSUES FOR ETHNICALLY
DIVERSE WOMEN 299
14 Black Women and Addictions 301
Muriel Gray and Melissa B. Littlefield
15 Latinas in Cultural Transition: Addiction, Treatment, and
Recovery 323
Juana Mora
16 Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Addiction 348
Kerrily J. Kitano and Liane J. Louie