Women, girls, and addiction : celebrating the feminine in counseling treatment and recovery /
By: Briggs, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Ann).
Contributor(s): Pepperell, Jennifer L.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, c2009Description: xviii, 202 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415993524 (alk. paper); 9780415993524:; 0415993520 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Women -- Substance use -- Prevention | Addicts -- Counseling of | Women -- Counseling of | Feminist theory | Feminist therapyDDC classification: 616.8606082| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feminist theory and addiction counseling -- Women, girls, and addiction : a historical perspective -- Biological factors -- Psychological factors -- Social factors -- Counseling considerations for women : an overview -- Adolescents -- Women in late adulthood.
This title explores the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women. It provides an overview of feminist theory and addiction counselling and gives an in-depth look at the biological and social factors of the experience of addiction as unique in women.