Chemical Dependency

Chemical Dependency: Women at Risk shows readers how to design and implement drug and alcohol treatment programs that take into account not only gender but also the cultural differences among women. This authoritative book encourages professionals in the field—whether counselors, researchers, or health care providers—to abandon “one size fits all” treatment approaches that fail to address the individual needs of women undergoing substance abuse treatment. Instead, they learn to recognize and respect cultural and individual differences among women. Use this book as a guide for developing your own innovative multicultural treatment approaches to substance abuse.

Dana Finnegan, Brenda Underhill

Contents Foreword - Preface - Elements of Effective Services for Women in Recovery: Implications for Clinicians and Program Supervisors - Using the Relational Model as a Context for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Chemically Dependent Women - Retaining Your Clients and Your Sanity: Using a Relational Model of Multi-Systems Case Management - What Difference Does Culture Make? Providing Treatment to Women Different From You - Chemically Dependent Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Recovery From Many Traumas - HIV, Women, and Alcohol Recovery: Risks, Reality, and Responses - Women's Marijuana Problems: An Overview with Implications for Outreach, Intervention, Treatment, and Research - Index - Reference Notes Included