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1 online resource (xvii, 526 pages) |
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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 Kalaydijian and Kathleen Ries Merikangas -- Sex differences and neurotransmitter systems in addiction / Teresa A. Pigott [and others] -- 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 difference 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 / Risë 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 |
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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 transnational perspective / Wendy J. Lynch [and others] -- 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 Barbra 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 |
| Summary |
For many years, addiction research focused almost exclusively on men. Yet scientific awareness of sex and gender differences in substance use disorders has grown tremendously in recent decades. This volume brings together leading authorities to review the state of the science and identify key directions for research and clinical practice. Concise, focused chapters illuminate how biological and psychosocial factors influence the etiology and epidemiology of substance use disorders in women; their clinical presentation, course, and psychiatric comorbidities; treatment access; and treatment effec |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women drug addicts.
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Women -- Substance use
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Sex factors in disease.
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Women.
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Substance-Related Disorders
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Sex Factors
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Women
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women (female humans)
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Women
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Sex factors in disease
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Women -- Substance use
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Women drug addicts
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Weibliche Drogenabhängige
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Drogenabhängigkeit
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Frau
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Kvinnliga missbrukare.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brady, Kathleen, 1952-
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Back, Sudie E.
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Greenfield, Shelly F.
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| ISBN |
9781606232392 |
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1606232398 |
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9781606231074 |
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1606231073 |
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1282790390 |
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9781282790391 |
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9786612790393 |
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6612790393 |
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