Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING ADDICTED WOMEN.

1 Women s Addiction and Treatment Through a Historical Lens(Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Patricia Rose Attia).

2 Women and Addiction: Expanding Theoretical Points of View(Stephanie Brown).

3 Helping Women Recover: Creating Gender-ResponsiveTreatment (Stephanie S. Covington).

PART TWO: MAJOR ADDICTIONS AMONG WOMEN.

4 Drug- and Alcohol-Abusing Women (Lynn E. O Connor, Milena Esherick, and Cassandra Vieten).

5 The Queen of Diamonds: Women and Compulsive Gambling (Diane Rae Davis).

6 Women and Eating Disorders (Susan D. Raeburn).

7 Sexually Addictive Behavior in Women (Judith E. Rubin).

8 Women and Relationship Addiction (Carol Tosone).

9 Women and Spending Addictions (Linda Barbanel).

10 Women and Smoking (Jeannine Crouse).

PART THREE: LIFE CYCLE ISSUES FOR ADDICTED WOMEN.

11 Adolescent Girls and Addiction (Rose Fajardo Latino).

12 Addiction and Recovery in Midlife (Nancy Waite-O Brien).

13 Older Women and Addictions (Renee S. Katz).

PART FOUR: ADDICTIONS ISSUES FOR ETHNICALLYDIVERSE WOMEN.

14 Black Women and Addictions (Muriel Gray and Melissa B. Littlefield).

15 Latinas in Cultural Transition: Addiction, Treatment, andRecovery (Juana Mora).

16 Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Addiction (Kerrily J. Kitano and Liane J. Louie).

PART FIVE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS.

17 Addiction and Women in the Workplace (Jane M. Nakken).

18 Effective Intervention and Treatment for Lesbians (Laurie Drabble and Brenda L. Underhill).

19 Addictions and Women with Major Psychiatric Disorders (Diana M. DiNitto and Catherine Crisp).

20 Homeless Addicted Women (A. Meredith Deming, Karen McGoff-Yost, and Anne L. Strozier).

21 Addictions and Women in the Criminal Justice System (Katherine van Wormer).

22 Women Affected by Addictions (Elizabeth Zelvin).

PART SIX: TREATMENT APPROACHES AND MODALITIES.

23 Group Treatment of Substance-Abusing Women (Eileen P. Beyer and Karen Carnabucci).

24 Women in Self-Help Programs (Joyce Schmid).

PART SEVEN: EPILOGUE AND RESOURCES.

25 Epilogue (Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Stephanie Brown).

Resources (Nancy K. Brown and Rita Rhodes).

About the Authors.

Name Index.

Subject Index.