Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner & Stephanie Brown 
The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women 
Theory and Practice

Providing essential theoretical and practical guidelines for clinicians, educators, policymakers, and public health professionals, The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women is a comprehensive resource of the most current research and knowledge from recognized experts in the field of addiction and treatment. This much needed guide offers an historical context on the issue of women and addiction, examines the myriad challenges of the female addict, and includes recommendations for choosing a course of treatment that will meet the specific needs of an individual woman addict.

Table of Content

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING ADDICTED WOMEN.

1 Women s Addiction and Treatment Through a Historical Lens(Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Patricia Rose Attia).

2 Women and Addiction: Expanding Theoretical Points of View(Stephanie Brown).

3 Helping Women Recover: Creating Gender-Responsive Treatment(Stephanie S. Covington).

PART TWO: MAJOR ADDICTIONS AMONG WOMEN.

4 Drug- and Alcohol-Abusing Women (Lynn E. O Connor, Milena Esherick, and Cassandra Vieten).

5 The Queen of Diamonds: Women and Compulsive Gambling (Diane Rae Davis).

6 Women and Eating Disorders (Susan D. Raeburn).

7 Sexually Addictive Behavior in Women (Judith E. Rubin).

8 Women and Relationship Addiction (Carol Tosone).

9 Women and Spending Addictions (Linda Barbanel).

10 Women and Smoking (Jeannine Crouse).

PART THREE: LIFE CYCLE ISSUES FOR ADDICTED WOMEN.

11 Adolescent Girls and Addiction (Rose Fajardo Latino).

12 Addiction and Recovery in Midlife (Nancy Waite-O Brien).

13 Older Women and Addictions (Renee S. Katz).

PART FOUR: ADDICTIONS ISSUES FOR ETHNICALLYDIVERSE WOMEN.

14 Black Women and Addictions (Muriel Gray and Melissa B.Littlefield).

15 Latinas in Cultural Transition: Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery (Juana Mora).

16 Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Addiction (Kerrily J.Kitano and Liane J. Louie).

PART FIVE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS.

17 Addiction and Women in the Workplace (Jane M. Nakken).

18 Effective Intervention and Treatment for Lesbians (Laurie Drabble and Brenda L. Underhill).

19 Addictions and Women with Major Psychiatric Disorders (Diana M.Di Nitto and Catherine Crisp).

20 Homeless Addicted Women (A. Meredith Deming, Karen Mc Goff-Yost, and Anne L. Strozier).

21 Addictions and Women in the Criminal Justice System (Katherinevan Wormer).

22 Women Affected by Addictions (Elizabeth Zelvin).

PART SIX: TREATMENT APPROACHES AND MODALITIES.

23 Group Treatment of Substance-Abusing Women (Eileen P. Beyer and Karen Carnabucci).

24 Women in Self-Help Programs (Joyce Schmid).

PART SEVEN: EPILOGUE AND RESOURCES.

25 Epilogue (Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Stephanie Brown).

Resources (Nancy K. Brown and Rita Rhodes).

About the Authors.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

About the author

Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, is professor at the New York University School of Social Work and coordinator of theirpost-master’s program in the treatment of alcohol and drug abusingclients. She is the author or editor of several books, including Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients (1993) and Gender and Addictions: Men and Women in Treatment (1997).

Stephanie Brown is director of the Addictions Institute in Menlo Park, California, and codirector of the Family Recovery Project atthe Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. She is theauthor of Treating the Alcoholic (1985) and Treating Adult Childrenof Alcoholics (1988), the editor of Treating Alcoholism (1995), anda coauthor of The Alcoholic Family in Recovery (1999) and The Family Recovery Guide ( 2000).