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Women and Addiction A Comprehensive Handbook

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ISBN-10: 1606231073

ISBN-13: 9781606231074

Edition: 2009

Authors: Kathleen T. Brady, Sudie E. Back, Shelly F. Greenfield

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List price: $119.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 526
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

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 inBest Doctors in…    

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 inBest Doctors in…    

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 inBest Doctors in…    

Overview
Substance Abuse across the Lifespan in Women
Research Design and Methodology in Studies of Women and Addiction
Biological Issues
Neuroactive Gonadal Steroid Hormones and Drug Addiction in Women
Stress, Neuroendocrine Response, and Addiction in Women
Sex Differences in the Transmission of Substance Use Disorders
Sex Differences and Neurotransmitter Systems in Addiction
Sex Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Gender, Cognition, and Addiction
The Roles of Sex Differences in the Drug Addiction Process
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 Conditions
Depression and Substance Use Disorders in Women
Gender, Anxiety, and Substance Use Disorders
Co-Occurring Eating and Substance Use Disorders
Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Addiction among Women
Psychotic Disorders in Women with Substance Abuse
Concurrent Personality Disorders and Substance Use Disorders in Women
Treatment Outcome
Gender-Specific Treatment for Women with Substance Use Disorders
Treatment Seeking and Utilization among Women with Substance Use Disorders
Behavioral Couple Therapy: Partner-Involved Treatment for Substance-Abusing Women
Specific Substances
Women, Girls, and Alcohol
Treatment of Nicotine Dependence in Women
Gender and Prescription Opioid Addiction
Women and Marijuana Dependence: Issues and Opportunities
Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Stimulant Abuse: A Translational Perspective
Special Populations
Adolescent Substance Use and the Role of Gender
Substance Use in Pregnancy
Ethnic and Cultural Correlates of Addiction among Diverse Women
Substance Use Disorders among Sexual-Minority Women
Social and Policy Issues
Violence and Victimization among Women with Substance Use Disorders
Legal Issues, Addiction, and Gender
Index