Document 1197
 DOCN  M9591197
 TI    Alcohol and polysubstance abuse among women.
 DT    9509
 AU    el-Guebaly N; Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Alberta.
 SO    Can J Psychiatry. 1995 Mar;40(2):73-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95308435
 AB    A review of the literature in this relatively new field highlights the
       legitimacy of gender-specific research on substance abuse in women.
       Consistent findings compared to men include a higher physical
       vulnerability to alcohol, a higher risk of assortative mating, the
       reported association of traumatic events with the onset of substance
       abuse, a higher psychiatric comorbidity and a shorter interval between
       first problem and first treatment episode. Intravenous drug use remains
       the major source of growth of HIV infection among women. Family
       assessment and treatment as well as the involvement of female role
       models are critical to the recovery process. Gender-specific services
       may be recruiting women who might not otherwise have sought treatment
       for their substance abuse. Further investigation is required in order to
       distinguish the relative significance of the genetic versus
       environmental vulnerability of women, the impact of rapidly changing
       social mores on the onset, pattern and course of substance abuse,
       possible gender-specific alcohol typologies, the validity of the recall
       of traumatic events as well as the program variables required in
       reaching out and engaging women on the path to recovery.
 DE    Adult  Alcoholism/GENETICS/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Child of Impaired
       Parents/PSYCHOLOGY  Female  *Gender Identity  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  *Psychotropic Drugs  Risk
       Factors  Social Environment  *Street Drugs  Substance
       Abuse/GENETICS/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/  REHABILITATION  JOURNAL ARTICLE
       REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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