Title: Women and addiction :
Authors: Brady, Kathleen,; Back, Sudie E.; Greenfield, Shelly F.
Date: 2009
Publisher: Guilford Press,
Physical description: xvii, 526 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: H
Contents: Substance Abuse across the Lifespan in Women / Monica L. Zilberman -- Research Design and Methodology in Studies of Women and Addiction / Stephanie Collins Reed and Suzette M. Evans -- Neuroactive Gonadal Steroid Hormones and Drug Addiction in Women / Jennifer L. Newman and Nancy K. Mello -- Stress, Neuroendocrine Response, and Addiction in Women / Helen Fox and Rajita Sinha -- Sex Differences in the Transmission of Substance Use Disorders / Amanda Kalaydjian and Kathleen Ries Merikangas -- Sex Differences and Neurotransmitter Systems in Addiction / Teresa A. Pigott, Maryann H. Walker, Scott A. Teitelbaum and Ching-ju Lu -- Sex Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics / C. Lindsay DeVane -- Gender, Cognition, and Addiction / Simona Sava, Alexandra McCaffrey and Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd -- The Roles of Sex Differences in the Drug Addiction Process / Amanda Elton and Clinton D. Kilts -- Comorbidity of Substance Use Disorders with Independent Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Women: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions / Rise B. Goldstein -- Depression and Substance Use Disorders in Women / Helen M. Pettinati and Jennifer G. Plebani -- Gender, Anxiety, and Substance Use Disorders / Kathleen T. Brady and Karen Hartwell -- Co-Occurring Eating and Substance Use Disorders / Lisa R. Cohen and Susan M. Gordon -- Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Addiction among Women / Denise Hien -- Psychotic Disorders in Women with Substance Abuse / Kim-Chi Nguyen and E. Sherwood Brown -- Concurrent Personality Disorders and Substance Use Disorders in Women / Lisa A. Burckell and Shelley McMain -- Gender-Specific Treatment for Women with Substance Use Disorders / Shelly F. Greenfield and Sandrine Pirard -- Treatment Seeking and Utilization among Women with Substance Use Disorders / Christine E. Grella -- Behavioral Couple Therapy: Partner-Involved Treatment for Substance-Abusing Women / William Fals-Stewart, Wendy K. K. Lam and Michelle L. Kelley -- Women, Girls, and Alcohol / Sherry H. Stewart, Dubravka Gavric and Pamela Collins -- Treatment of Nicotine Dependence in Women / Kenneth A. Perkins -- Gender and Prescription Opioid Addiction / Sudie E. Back and Rebecca Payne -- Women and Marijuana Dependence: Issues and Opportunities / Aimee L. McRae-Clark and Kimber L. Price -- Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Stimulant Abuse: A Translational Perspective / Wendy J. Lynch, Marc N. Potenza, Kelly P. Cosgrove and Carolyn M. Mazure -- Adolescent Substance Use and the Role of Gender / Himanshu P. Upadhyaya and Kevin M. Gray -- Substance Use in Pregnancy / Chaya Bhuvaneswar and Grace Chang -- Ethnic and Cultural Correlates of Addiction among Diverse Women / Latoya C. Conner, Charlene E. Le Fauve and Barbara C. Wallace -- Substance Use Disorders among Sexual-Minority Women / Thomas W. Irwin -- Violence and Victimization among Women with Substance Use Disorders / Angela E. Waldrop -- Legal Issues, Addiction, and Gender / Rebecca W. Brendel and Matthew F. Soulier.
Subject headings (LCSH): Women drug addicts.; Women--Substance use.