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Women, Girls, and Addiction Celebrating the Feminine in Counseling Treatment and Recovery

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ISBN-10: 1138884405

ISBN-13: 9781138884403

Edition: 2010

Authors: Cynthia A. Briggs, Jennifer L. Pepperell

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Women, Girls, and Addiction is the first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to understanding the experience of addiction from the female perspective. Part I of the book provides an overview of feminist theory and addiction counseling, followed by an historical look at women and addiction (research, treatment, demographics). The three chapters in part two give an in-depth look at the biological, psychological, and social factors of the experience of addiction as unique in women. The final section of the book presents a series of chapters spanning…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/27/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English