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Books on: addiction women

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The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women

Book by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, Stephanie Brown; Jossey-Bass, 2002

Subjects:

Compulsive Behavior--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Substance Abuse--Sex Differences--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Women--Substance Use--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...homeless addicted women, 452 453, 456...79 80; spiral of addiction and, 55 Christmas...13 14, 80 ; sexual addiction and, 157 ; sociocultural...490 ; invisible addictions and, 491 492, 496...Community aftercare, for women offenders, 481 482...46 48 Compulsions, addictions as, 174 , 187 Compulsive...See also Sexual addiction Compulsive spending...
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Recovering Women: Feminisms and the Representation of Addiction

Book by Melissa Pearl Friedling; Westview Press, 2000

Subjects:

Feminism--United States, Narcotic Addicts--Rehabilitation--United States, Women In Popular Culture--United States, Women--Drug Abuse--United States

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...representations and enactments of addiction are read within these feminist...feminist discourse, Recovering Women will propose ways in which...about how to act together as women, how to communicate with one...at the outset, the addicted woman figures prominently in feminist...representations of addicted women, I have noticed a striking...
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Sex and Love: Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery

Book by Eric Griffin-Shelley; Praeger, 1991

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Relationship Addiction, Sex Addiction

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

addiction to affairs with other women. He had himself convinced that he...reality, are victims of the disease of addiction , they have great difficulty seeing...with regard to the effects of the addiction on others. In the S.L.A.A...
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Addiction and Pregnancy: Empowering Recovery through Peer Counseling

Book by Barry R. Sherman, Laura M. Sanders, Chau Trinh; Praeger Publishers, 1998

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Drug Abuse In Pregnancy--New York (State)--New York, Drug Abuse--Treatment--New York (State)--New York, Lincoln Acupuncture Clinic (New York, N.Y.), Narcotic Addicts--Rehabilitation--New York (State)--New York, Peer Counseling In Rehabilitation--New York (State)--New York, Pregnant Women--Drug Use--New York (State)--New York

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...the mid- 1980s, the incidence of addiction in women skyrocketed. The impact on infant...youth and pregnant and postpartum women. One innovative project that received...Counseling for Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Recovery," operated from March...
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Understanding Drugs of Abuse: The Processes of Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery

Book by Mim J. Landry; American Psychiatric Press, 1994

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Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse--Treatment

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...are associated with abuse and addiction. For instance, men generally have higher rates of abuse and addiction than women. 9 Some ethnic and cultural groups...increased likelihood of abuse and addiction. Family risk factors. Parents...

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Journal Articles on: addiction women

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Reflections on Analytic Work with a Woman Who Has an Addiction

Journal article by Erica Robertson; Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 11, 2003

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Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Psychoanalysis, Sex crimes, Trauma, Women

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Reflections on Analytic Work with a Woman Who Has an Addiction by Erica Robertson...this paper, I will present the case of a woman with alcoholism, and some aspects of her...Caroline, a 4p-year-old French-speaking woman consulted me two and a half years prior...
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Management Note: Women and Addiction: Challenges for Drug Court Practitioners

Journal article by Laura D'Angelo, Robert Victor Wolf; Justice System Journal, Vol. 23, 2002

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Courts, Criminal justice, Drugs, Women

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...which focuses on getting women clean, not helping them understand...line is `We deal with the addiction, then we look at other issues...expert on treatment programs for women. "The issues are interrelated and connected. A woman with a history of abuse learns...Return. The program, for women with less severe psychological...
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Couples Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Who Are in Addictions Recovery: a Comparative Case Study of Treatment Process and Outcome

Journal article by Barry Trute, Bobbie Docking, Diane Hiebert-Murphy; Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Vol. 27, 2001

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Case studies, Child abuse & neglect, Comparative studies, Couples, Substance abuse treatment, Therapy, Women

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Couples Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Who Are in Addictions Recovery: a Comparative...experience alcohol addiction (Carson et al...emotionally supportive, women with high levels of...emotional support that women perceive they are receiving...survivors and who are in addiction recovery as long as...nonviolent, and free from addictions.
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The Substance Abuse Counseling Needs of Women in the Criminal Justice System: A Needs Assessment Approach

Journal article by John M. Laux, Paula J. Dupuy, Jeffry L. Moe, Jane A. Cox, Eric Lambert, Lois A. Ventura, Celia Williamson, Barbaranne J. Benjamin; Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, Vol. 29, 2008

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Health counseling--Methods, Medical care needs assessment--Methods, Medical care--Methods, Medical care--Needs assessment, Needs assessment--Methods, Substance abuse treatment--Methods, Substance abuse--Care and treatment, Substance abuse--Methods, Women prisoners--Care and treatment, Women prisoners--Surveys

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...prison guards about addiction, that it is a disease." The women shared their thoughts...with some of the women reporting positive...For example, one woman stated that "I didnt...An examination of addiction treatment completion...ethnicity. Journal of Addictions Offender Counseling...Abuse. (1994). Women and drug abuse (NIH...
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Substance and Shadow: Women and Addiction in the United States

Journal article by Virginia Berridge; Medical History, Vol. 41, 1997

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Substance and Shadow: Women and Addiction in the United States by Virginia...Petrillo, Substance and shadow: women and addiction in the United...a young African American woman, had been charged with delivery...it traces the involvement of women with drugs since the nineteenth...

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Magazine Articles on: addiction women

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Big Tobacco's Big Seduction: Women, Tobacco and the Glorification of Addiction

Magazine article by Mary Assunta; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 26, May/Jun 2005

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Addictions, Advertising, Assunta, Mary, Business community, Cigarette industry, Disease, Drug addiction, Females, Gender, Health, Health care, Illnesses, International markets, Marketing, Multinational corporations, Personal profiles, Preventive medicine, Public health, Smoking, Smoking cessation, Statistics, Strategic management, Strategic planning, Women

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...Big Tobaccos Big Seduction: Women, Tobacco and the Glorification of Addiction by Mary Assunta MARY ASSUNTA...world, about 22 percent of women smoke, whereas in the developing...only about 6 percent. More women smoke in countries like the...
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'It's an Addiction!'

Magazine article by Arthur Fisher; Popular Science, Vol. 255, December 1999

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Addictions, Internet, Internet addiction, Studies, Young, Kimberley S, Young, Kimberly S

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...may be a victim of Internet addiction, a problem as tough to beat...of the Center for Online Addiction in Bradford, Pennsylvania...participate. Of the subjects, 239 women and 157 men were classified...way other well-documented addictions like pathological gambling...greatest incidence of Internet addiction, Young reported to the annual...
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Addiction Alternatives for Recovery

Magazine article by Michael J. Lemanski; The Humanist, Vol. 60, January 2000

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Alternative medicine, Compulsive behavior--Care and treatment, Relationship addiction--Care and treatment, Substance abuse--Care and treatment, Twelve step programs--Analysis, Twelve-step programs--Analysis

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...step program, because addiction is defined as treatable but...spokesperson within the field of addictions treatment: When these people...Associations Division on Addictions, estimates that today more...controversy has centered on whether addiction was a disease of the spirit...historical development: Women for Sobriety/ Men for Sobriety...
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Sex Addiction: Who Should Be Blamed for Lack of Self-Control?

Magazine article by Ralph Hyatt; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, November 1997

Subjects:

Compulsive behavior--Social aspects, Sexual addiction--Analysis, Substance abuse--Social aspects

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...stability. The Center for Addiction Studies at Harvard...well as marriages. Women, who seem to be especially...smoking and nicotine addiction. Surgeon-General...creation of men and women. Notwithstanding AIDS...One has a drug addiction when there is preoccupation...healthy soil in which addictions, including sexual...
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Boomers' Addictions Present Treatment, Recovery Challenges

Magazine article by Carol Colleran; Aging Today, Vol. 30, January 2009

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Addictions, Adults, Age, Aging, Generations, Health services, Mental health care, Methamphetamines, Patients, Personal grooming, Social networks, Support groups

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Boomers Addictions Present Treatment, Recovery...prevalence of those with addiction. According to Substance...water declines for men and women as they age. Both the 50...medications. Late-onset addiction accounts for a third of all older-adult addiction, and major transitional...

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Newspaper Articles on: addiction women

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I'M HALF THE MAN I USED TO BE; It's Not Just Women Who Have Hang-Ups about Their Weight, Says Simon Glazin. Here the 27-Year-Old Fashion Journalist Recounts His Addiction to Food as a Teenager and How, after Ten Years of Yo-Yo Dieting, He's Ten Stone Lighter.But Still Not Entirely Happy with the Way He Looks

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 1, 2011

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Addiction--Personal narratives, Diet--Personal narratives, Journalists--Personal narratives, Teenagers--Personal narratives, Youth--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...I USED TO BE; Its Not Just Women Who Have Hang-Ups about Their...Fashion Journalist Recounts His Addiction to Food as a Teenager and How...of different ages, men and women. I consumed only the four specially...have as many body hang-ups as women, but are often shy of talking...
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Cocaine Addiction Rockets among Women under 35

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 2, 2009

Subjects:

Drug abuse, Substance abuse treatment, Substance abuse--Care and treatment, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Cocaine Addiction Rockets among Women under 35. Byline: Sophie Goodchild...women are seeking help for cocaine addiction, figures reveal today. Clinics...number of women treated for cocaine addiction for the first time last year was...
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More Women Lured to Pornography Addiction; Survey Finds 1 in 6 Caught Up in Steamy Web

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 12, 2010

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Pornography--Statistics, Women--Surveys

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

More Women Lured to Pornography Addiction; Survey Finds 1 in...increasing number of women becoming addicted to...Todays Christian Woman found in a survey that...percent of pornography addiction begins at home, Ms...safeguards to help avoid addictions. With children becoming...child. When a man or woman becomes sexually aroused...
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'Huge Rise' in Number of Women Seeking Help for Alcohol Addiction

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 23, 2009

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Alcoholism--Statistics, Women's health--Statistics, Women--Health aspects, Women--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Huge Rise in Number of Women Seeking Help for Alcohol Addiction. Byline: Sophie Goodchild...are seeking help for drink addiction in the run-up to Christmas...ago. Raymond Dixon, lead addictions therapist at the clinic in...just over 5p per 100ml. Addictions expert Professor Ian Gilmore...
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OPIUM GRIPS AFGHANISTAN; Drug Addiction Rampant; Women, Children Abuse as Production Increases

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 10, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...GRIPS AFGHANISTAN; Drug Addiction Rampant; Women, Children Abuse as...been using, said the woman, her hands now steady...treatment facility for women. If only she could...treatment center for women in Kabul. The clinic...Washington Times; A woman in a burqa begs for...mouse poison when her addiction to opium became too...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: addiction women

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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...before its potential for serious addiction was realized. In the 1990s...during pregnancy. Pregnant women who acquire the AIDS virus...severity and nature of the addiction, motivation, and the availability...maintenance programs for heroin addiction. Acupuncture has been successful...
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Morphine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...relief of pain. See also drug addiction and drug abuse . Effects and...reduces the sex drive; in women it may interfere with the menstrual...been useful in curing morphine addiction. History Morphine was first...erroneously, as a cure for opium addiction. It quickly replaced opium...
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Alcoholism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...most prevalent of the nations addictions (see drug addiction and drug abuse ). The understanding...and the American Society of Addiction Medicine published a definition...alcohol dehydrogenase. Because women normally carry less alcohol...larynx, esophagus, liver). Women who consume alcohol during...
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Marijuana

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sperm counts in men and raises testosterone levels in women. In pregnant women it affects the fetus and results in developmental...addicting substance that would lead users into narcotics addiction. It is still considered a "gateway" drug by some...
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BrontË

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...lost three jobs and was declining into alcoholism and opium addiction. To increase their income Charlotte and her sisters laid ill...articulates the theme found in all Charlottes work the need of women for both love and independence. The undisputed genius of the...

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