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The physcial and emoational effects of substance abuse in girls and women.
Johns Hopkins University Press
December 2005
312 pages
ISBN: 0801882281
Paperback
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Self-Help Health
This comprehensive and accessible book documents the
physical and emotional effects of substance abuse in girls
and women, explores the role of the advertising and
entertainment industries in popularizing various substances
of abuse, and discusses the way America responds to this
enormous health problem. Covering a broad range of
substances -- nicotine, alcohol, prescription and illicit
drugs -- the book addresses the unique reasons that girls
and women smoke and abuse alcohol and drugs. It provides the
most current information about the use of prescription and
club drugs, key warning signs of addiction, and options for
prevention and treatment. The book includes historical
anecdotes and testimonies from recovering women.
Incorporating more than a decade of extensive
research, Women under the Influence will help women,
health care professionals, educators, and policy makers
understand the scope of substance abuse in girls and women,
the urgency of responding to the problem, the key points of
intervention, and potential roads to recovery.
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