NCJ Number
117283
Editor(s)
G W Lawson,
A W Lawson
Date Published
1989
Length
370 pages
Annotation
This book examines special issues involved in the etiology, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and other substance abuse among specific populations: women, individuals with mental health problems, the disabled, the elderly, blacks and Hispanics, physicians, adult children of alcoholics, adolescents, homosexuals, Native Americans, indigents on skid row, professional athletes, and the military.
Abstract
Most chapters follow a similar outline, beginning with a review of demographic information, substance abuse rates, and kinds of substances abused by the population under scrutiny. Authors of individual chapters generally have personal experience in working with the group discussed, and several are members of that specific population. One theme running throughout the book is that the family plays a major role in the etiology of substance abuse and thus must be fully involved in treatment and prevention efforts. The twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are appended. References accompany each chapter. An index is provided.