In Women and Substance Abuse: Gender Transparency you ll see what can be done to aid women in some of the world s hardest hit substance abuse hubs, including Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New Haven, Connecticut. Filled with timely research and practical solutions, this volume shows you what you can do to aid the tremendous and immediate need for specialized interventions in the lives of women.

Women and Substance Abuse considers many of the variables in the lives of women who abuse drugs--race, choice of drug, HIV risk, and drug treatment history--and gives...

In Women and Substance Abuse: Gender Transparency you ll see what can be done to aid women in some of the world s hardest hit substance abuse hubs, including Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New Haven, Connecticut. Filled with timely research and practical solutions, this volume shows you what you can do to aid the tremendous and immediate need for specialized interventions in the lives of women.

Women and Substance Abuse considers many of the variables in the lives of women who abuse drugs--race, choice of drug, HIV risk, and drug treatment history--and gives...

Contributions from researchers and practitioners describe ten exemplary programs for the treatment of adolescent substance abusers. Coverage includes outpatient, residential, family-oriented, and modified therapeutic community programs serving youths from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrou

You don t have to reinvent the wheel--select and implement an effective substance abuse program from this essential book

This essential book is the first ever published on exemplary models of adolescent drug treatment. It delivers detailed descriptions of exemplary drug treatment models and gives you the latest information on substance use and its consequences to aid your work with adolescents who use alcohol and drugs.

The in-depth examinations of treatment models you'll find in this book include programs serving adolescent substance users from a wide range of ethnic and...