Responding To Physical And Sexual Abuse In Women With Alcohol And Other Drug and Mental Disorders
Subtitle: Program Building
Contributors: Bonita M., Ph.D. Veysey (Editor); Colleen Clark (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: April 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780789026040
Subjects: Sociology - Marriage & Family; Social Science; Drug use; Self-Help; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Substance Abuse & Addictions - General; Alcohol use; Abused women; Mental health
First sentence: The Franklin County Women's Research Project is a collaboration among the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, the Franklin Medical Center, three Women's Resource Centers located across the county, and local consumer/survivor/recovering women (CSRs).
Description: "This book explores focused treatment programs for women with co-occurring disorders who have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse. It includes descriptions of nine sites' efforts to develop these services and the lessons they learned from the process. You will find useful strategies for integrating services that are responsive to the strengths and needs of the individual as well as the community."--Jacket.