| Barriers to Treatment for Women with Children
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| 2007-11-06 |
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Only a small percentage of addicted women ever enter a substance-abuse treatment program. The IOM Committee estimates that there are approximately 105,000 pregnant women each year who need drug treatment. Only 30,000 of these women receive any form of treatment, and very few of these are in programs with a primary focus on special services for pregnant women. |
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| Evaluating, Treating and Monitoring the Female DUI Offender
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| 2007-09-07 |
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Clinicians Corner | Treatment Populations
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The number of females arrested and re-arrested for driving under the
influence of alcohol or other drugs has increased in the past two decades.
Increased female representation within those arrested for driving under the
influence (DUI) of alcohol or other drugs suggests the need for more nuanced
approaches to their evaluation, treatment, sentencing and supervision. |
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| Are therapeutic communities therapeutic for women?
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| 2006-03-08 |
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In the past ten years, there has been an explosion of new therapeutic community (TC) programs in prisons across the United States. By 2001, nearly every state in the country had at least one TC program in a prison within its borders, or was planning to start one, and 31 states had a TC program for women. Like other types of substance abuse or criminal thinking programs/approaches used in prisons, TCs have been put in place in women's correctional settings without regard to whether they are the best approach for women. Under the guise of gender-neutrality, programming developed for and tested on men has too often been uncritically applied to women. |
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| Eating Disorders Warning Signs
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| 2005-09-29 |
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Clinicians Corner | Counselor Wellness | Treatment Populations
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Because everyone today seems concerned about weight, and because most people diet at least once in a while, it is hard to tell what is normal behavior and what is a problem that may escalate to threaten life and happiness. No one person will show all of the characteristics listed below, but people with eating disorders will manifest several. |
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| Substance Abuse and Dependence among Women
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| 2005-09-07 |
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Clinicians Corner | Treatment Populations
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In 2003, an estimated 5.9 percent of women aged 18 or older met criteria for abuse of or dependence on alcohol or an illicit drug in the past year |
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