Women and Addiction
A Comprehensive Handbook
Edited by Kathleen T. Brady, Sudie E. Back, and Shelly F. Greenfield
Hardcovere-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
orderApril 2, 2009
ISBN 9781606231074
Price: $95.00526 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
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For many years, addiction research focused almost exclusively on men. Yet scientific awareness of sex and gender differences in substance use disorders has grown tremendously in recent decades. This volume brings together leading authorities to review the state of the science and identify key directions for research and clinical practice. Concise, focused chapters illuminate how biological and psychosocial factors influence the etiology and epidemiology of substance use disorders in women; their clinical presentation, course, and psychiatric comorbidities; treatment access; and treatment effectiveness. Prevalent substances of abuse are examined, as are issues facing special populations.