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.

<B>Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner</B>, is professor at the New York University School of Social Work and coordinator of their post-master's program in the treatment of alcohol and drug abusing clients. She is the author or editor of several books, including <I>Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients</I> (1993) and <I>Gender and Addictions: Men and Women in Treatment</I> (1997). <P> <B>Stephanie Brown</B> is director of the Addictions Institute in Menlo Park, California, and codirector of the Family Recovery Project at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. She is the author of <I>Treating the Alcoholic</I> (1985) and <I>Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics </I>(1988), the editor of Treating Alcoholism (1995), and a coauthor of <I>The Alcoholic Family in Recovery </I>(1999) and<I> The Family Recovery Guide </I>( 2000). <P>