Research Catalog

Title

Gender and addictions : men and women in treatment / edited by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, Elizabeth Zelvin.

Publication

Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, [1997], ©1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg.
• Zelvin, Elizabeth.

Description

xiii, 509 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• Historically, addiction research and treatment have been based on male models, while gender studies were almost exclusively concerned with women. Straussner and Zelvin have compiled the first major work to confront issues of gender as they relate to the treatment of both substance abuse and process addictions (gambling, sexual dependency, compulsive eating).
• Recognizing that men and women have different patterns and different needs, the book emphasizes the relational model of female psychological development formulated by such theorists as Miller, Chodorow, and Gilligan, which illuminates women's functional focus on connection and relationship as opposed to men's on separation and individuation.
• Similarly, traditional male roles, values, and concerns are reconsidered as power, control, and socially condoned behaviors are explored and mined for insights into dependency and recovery.

Series Statement

Jerome D. Levin series

Uniform Title

Jerome D. Levin series.

Subjects

• Substance abuse > Sex differences
• Psychotherapy > methods
• Men > Substance use
• Sex differences (Psychology)
• Compulsive behavior > Treatment
• Women > Substance use
• Recovering addicts
• Compulsive behavior > Sex differences
• Substance-Related Disorders > therapy
• Sex Factors
• Substance abuse > Treatment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Overview of Gender Issues in Addiction Treatment. 1. Gender and Substance Abuse / Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner -- Pt. II. Women's Issues in Addiction Treatment. 2. Applying Relational Theory to Addiction Treatment / Diane B. Byington. 3. Codependency Issues of Substance-Abusing Women / Elizabeth Zelvin. 4. Women, Addiction, and Sexuality / Stephanie S. Covington. 5. Substance-Abusing Women and Sexual Abuse / Rita Teusch. 6. Parenting Issues for Substance-Abusing Women / Nancy J. Smyth and Brenda A. Miller. 7. High-Achieving Women: Issues in Addiction and Recovery / Betsy Robin Spiegel and Donna Demetri Friedman. 8. Lesbian Women and Substance Abuse / Eloise Rathbone-McCuan and Diana L. Stokke. 9. The Impact of AIDS on the Lives of Women / Ellen Grace Friedman. 10. Women with Depression and Substance Abuse Problems / Carolyn Morell. 11. Substance-Abusing Women and Eating Disorders / Katherine van Wormer and Emily Askew.
• 12. Overcoming Sexism in AA: How Women Cope / Margaret Coker -- Pt. III. Men's Issues in Addiction Treatment. 13. Psychodynamic Perspectives on Substance-Abusing Men / Jerome D. Levin. 14. Incorporating Men's Values into Substance Abuse Treatment / Jeffrey Zeth. 15. Alcoholic Fathers and Substance-Abusing Sons / Paul Mulinski. 16. Sexual Dependence among Recovering Substance-Abusing Men / Douglas K. Braun-Harvey. 17. Recovery Issues of Substance-Abusing Gay Men / Douglas J. Warn. 18. Substance-Abusing Male Executives / Mark Cohen. 19. Assessment and Treatment of Male Substance Abusers with Learning Disabilities and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / Christianne De Witt-Downey and Karen Spinelli-Falberg. 20. Hispanic Substance-Abusing Men and Machismo / Elisa Valladares Goldberg. 21. Men and Gambling / Rick Lair Robinson.

ISBN

0765700700 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97005148

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries