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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Ruth C Engs; Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North America. |
ISBN: | 9781597528870 1597528870 |
OCLC Number: | 154234788 |
Notes: | Previously published: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1990. |
Description: | xiv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Part A. Introduction and overview -- Understanding the issues: an overview / Lois R. Chatham -- Part B. Psychosocial aspects -- Alcohol abuse and alcoholism: extent of the problem / Sharon C. Wilsnack -- Etiology of alcohol and other drug problems: nature vs nurture / Karol L. Kumpfer, Anne Holman Prazza, Henry O. Whiteside -- Part C. Physiological aspects -- Alcohol and hormones: reproductive and postmenopausal years / Judith S. Gavaler -- Physiological effects of cocaine, heroin and methadone / Janet L. Mitchell, Gina Brown -- Alcohol, pregnancy, and fetal development / Lyn Weiner, Barbara A. Morse -- Part D. Prevention and intervention -- Prevention issues in developing programs / Darlind J. Davis -- Employee assistance programs / Mary Ellen Lukina-Wiersma -- Adolescent women / Gail Gleason Milgram -- College women / Ruth C. Engs -- Part E. Treatment -- Issues in alcoholism treatment / Jacqueline Wallen -- Opiates / Marsha Rosenbaum, Sheigla Murphy -- Cocaine / Barbara Lynn Eisenstadt -- Part F. Special issues -- Black women / Maxine Womble -- Mexican-American women / Juana Mora -- Native American women / Candace M. Fleming, Spero M. Manson -- Lesbian women / Dana Finegan, Emily McNally -- Co-dependency and dysfunctional family systems / Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse -- Domestic violence / N. Ann Lowrance. |
Responsibility: | edited by Ruth C. Engs (Alcohol [and] Drug Problems Association). |
Abstract:
"This publication ... is a contribution by the Alcohol and Drug Problems Association (ADPA) to the understanding of and in response to gender differences in addictions. Here is a tool for understanding and a guide for more effective treatment of women by the programs and professionals in the drug and alcohol treatment field. Authored by women for the treatment of women, this volume deals with all aspects of the field including research, intervention, treatment, prevention, and education at the community, academic, government, public, and private levels."--
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