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Women and Addiction : A Comprehensive Handbook

ISBN: 9781606231074 | 1606231073
Edition: 1st
Format: Trade Book
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 4/2/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
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 co... MORE
Overview
Substance Abuse across the Lifespan in Womenp. 3
Research Design and Methodology in Studies of Women and Addictionp. 14
Biological Issues
Neuroactive Gonadal Steroid Hormones and Drug Addiction in Womenp. 35
Stress, Neuroendocrine Response, and Addiction in Womenp. 65
Sex Differences in the Transmission of Substance Use Disordersp. 84
Sex Dif... MOREp. 99
Sex Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamicsp. 118
Gender, Cognition, and Addictionp. 133
The Roles of Sex Differences in the Drug Addiction Processp. 147
Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders
Comorbidity of Substance Use Disorders with Independent Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Women: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditionsp. 173
Depression and Substance Use Disorders in Womenp. 193
Gender, Anxiety, and Substance Use Disordersp. 209
Co-Occurring Eating and Substance Use Disordersp. 225
Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Addiction among Womenp. 242
Psychotic Disorders in Women with Substance Abusep. 257
Concurrent Personality Disorders and Substance Use Disorders in Womenp. 269
Treatment Outcome
Gender-Specific Treatment for Women with Substance Use Disordersp. 289
Treatment Seeking and Utilization among Women with Substance Use Disordersp. 307
Behavioral Couple Therapy: Partner-Involved Treatment for Substance-Abusing Womenp. 323
Specific Substances
Women, Girls, and Alcoholp. 341
Treatment of Nicotine Dependence in Womenp. 360
Gender and Prescription Opioid Addictionp. 379
Women and Marijuana Dependence: Issues and Opportunitiesp. 396
Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Stimulant Abuse: A Translational Perspectivep. 407
Special Populations
Adolescent Substance Use and the Role of Genderp. 421
Substance Use in Pregnancyp. 432
Ethnic and Cultural Correlates of Addiction among Diverse Womenp. 453
Substance Use Disorders among Sexual-Minority Womenp. 475
Social and Policy Issues
Violence and Victimization among Women with Substance Use Disordersp. 493
Legal Issues, Addiction, and Genderp. 500
Indexp. 516
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Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhD, is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. As Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Brady is Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Division, Director of the Women’s Research Center, Director of the General Clinical Research Center, and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Brady’s research interests are in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse/addiction and comorbid conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders. She has received numerous awards for her research, teaching, and clinical work, and has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 1998.

 

Sudie E. Back, PhD, a clinical psychologist, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Drug Abuse Research Training program for psychiatry residents at the Medical University of South Carolina. She serves as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous federally funded research projects. Her current research involves prescription opioid dependence, the integrated psychosocial treatment of substance use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder, and gender. The ultimate aim of this line of research is to improve the treatment of individuals with substance use disorders. Dr. Back also maintains a small clinical practice.

 

Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chief Academic Officer and Director of Clinical and Health Services Research and Education, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts. An award-winning researcher, Dr. Greenfield serves as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on federally funded research focusing on treatment for substance use disorders, gender differences in substance disorders, and health services for substance disorders. She is also Director of the Harvard Medical School/Partners Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship and Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.



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