Women And Drug Use
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Author | : Elizabeth Ettorre |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
Elizabeth Ettorre offers a clear account of women and substance use in a field which has been resistant to a woman-oriented perspective. The authors of most "addiction studies" view women as stigmatized and marginalized. Ettorre strongly counters this perspective. She focuses specifically on women's use of alcohol, prescribed drugs (specifically minor tranquilizers), heroin, tobacco, and food. Using the term "substance use" rather than "abuse" throughout the text, she directly challenges ideas regarding women in the field of addiction. More significantly, Ettorre deliberately puts forward a feminist perspective rooted in the identity and consciousness of women substance users. In order to expose the major misconception held by both clinicians and researchers in the field--that women substance abusers are a homogeneous group--Ettorre provides separate analyses of the different substances used and abused by women. She emphasizes the types of feminist strategies to use in the substance abuse field which will mobilize women. These strategies, she argues, must become increasingly visible if changes are to occur. Women need to build an alternative creative response which challenges the pervasive dogmatism in the substance abuse field.
Author | : Du Rose, Natasha |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2016-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1447334469 |
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is the first to examine how female drug user's identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. It analyses how the subjectivities ascribed to women users within drug policy sustain them in their problematic use and reinforce their social exclusion. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, the book calls for the formulation of drug policies to be based on gender equity and social justice. It will appeal to academics in the social sciences, practitioners and policy makers.
Author | : Julia Buxton |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2020-11-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 183982882X |
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach.
Author | : Stephen R. Kandall |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Drug abuse |
ISBN | : 9780674853614 |
This work uncovers the history of women and addiction in America and how dependent women have been treated. The author is critical of doctors who have often been quick to prescribe narcotics to female patients.
Author | : Nancy Campbell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2002-12-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135961050 |
From the 1950s 'girl junkie' to the 1990s 'crack mom', Using Women investigates how the cultural representations of women drug users have defined America's drug policies in this century. In analyzing the public's continued fear, horror and outrage wrought by the specter of women using drugs, Nancy Campbell demonstrates the importance that public opinion and popular culture have played in regulating women's lives. The book will chronicle the history of women and drug use, provide a critical policy analysis of the government's drug policies and offer recommendations for the direction our current drug policies should take. Using Women includes such chapters as 'Sex, Drugs and Race in the Age of Dope'; 'Regulating Adolescents in the Postwar US'; 'Fifties Femininity'; and 'Regulating Maternal Instinct'.
Author | : Sheigla Murphy |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780813526034 |
Fleshes out the story that is dominated by data concerning the effect of drugs on the unborn, by listening to pregnant or recently delivered women who take addictive drugs. Drawing on interviews with 120 such women, two sociologists explore such issues as how they decide whether or not to terminate their pregnancy, what their parents and family members think about the situation, and what options are available to them if they choose to keep the baby but kick the habit. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Jenny Valentish |
Publisher | : Anima |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-02-07 |
Genre | : Substance abuse |
ISBN | : 1788541642 |
A young woman's journey into addiction and treatment. Journalist Jenny Valentish takes a gendered look at drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way.
Author | : Tricia E. Wright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2018-05-10 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1108400981 |
Gain guidance and support when treating the high-risk population of women confronting (or battling) opioid-use disorders during pregnancy.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Drug abuse |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Shelly F. Greenfield |
Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2016-05-20 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1462525768 |
Filling a crucial need, this manual presents the Women's Recovery Group (WRG), an empirically supported treatment approach that emphasizes self-care and developing skills for relapse prevention and recovery. Grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy, the WRG is designed for a broad population of women with alcohol and drug use disorders, regardless of their specific substance of abuse, age, or co-occurring disorders. Step-by-step intervention guidelines are accompanied by 80 reproducible clinical tools, including participant handouts, session outlines, bulletin board materials, and more. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.