Gender and addictions
Subtitle: men and women in treatment
By: edited by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, Elizabeth Zelvin.
Contributors: Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg.; Zelvin, Elizabeth.
Series: Jerome D. Levin series
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Northvale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
Subjects: Substance abuse -- Sex differences.; Compulsive behavior -- Sex differences.; Substance abuse -- Treatment.; Compulsive behavior -- Treatment.; Sex differences (Psychology); Women -- Substance use.; Men -- Substance use.; Recovering addicts.; Substance Dependence -- therapy.; Sex Factors.; Psychotherapy -- methods.
Description: Historically, addiction research and treatment have been based on male models, while gender studies were almost exclusively concerned with women. Straussner and Zelvin have compiled the first major work to confront issues of gender as they relate to the treatment of both substance abuse and process addictions (gambling, sexual dependency, compulsive eating).

Recognizing that men and women have different patterns and different needs, the book emphasizes the relational model of female psychological development formulated by such theorists as Miller, Chodorow, and Gilligan, which illuminates women's functional focus on connection and relationship as opposed to men's on separation and individuation.

Similarly, traditional male roles, values, and concerns are reconsidered as power, control, and socially condoned behaviors are explored and mined for insights into dependency and recovery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.