Women: Alcohol and Other Drugs

This publication of Women: Alcohol and other Drugs is a contribution by the Alcohol and Drug Problems Association (ADPA) to the understanding of and in response to gender differences in addictions. Here is a tool for understanding and a guide for more effective treatment of women by the programs and professionals in the drug and alcohol treatment field. Authored by women for the treatment of women this volume deals with all aspects of the field including research intervention treatment prevention and education at the community academic government public and private levels. Ruth Clifford Engs is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University Bloomington. She has published numerous articles and books including Alcohol and Other Drugs: Self Responsibility (1989) Controversies in the Addiction Field (1991) Clean Living Movements: American Cycles of Health Reform (2000) The Progressive Eras Health Reform Movement (2003) and The Eugenics Movement (2005). All these publications include various aspects or viewpoints concerning alcohol or temperance movements.