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Women

These are just some of the materials used here or known by, recommended to staff at the Center.

Videos:

Available Here:

  • The Doctor Is In: Women and Alcoholism. This program profiles women from differing backgrounds and age groups who are in recovery. 28 minutes; Copyright 2003, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. (streamed MOV file)

Recommended:

  • When a Man Loves a Woman.
  • I'm Dancing as Fast As I Can.
  • The Broken Cord.
  • Days of Wine and Roses
  • Traffic

Weblinks

Books

  • A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps. Stephanie S. Covington. Hazelden: Center City, Minnesota (1994).
    Geared specifically to women in recovery, this book brings a feminine perspective to the Twelve Steps Program, searching out the healing message beneath the male-oriented words... This new perspective takes into account the psychological development of women as it relates to addiction and recovery as well as the social and cultural factors that affect women in particular.
  • The Broken Cord. Michael Dorris.
  • Love Medicine. Louise Erdrich.
  • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can. Barbara Gordon.
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow. Lillian Roth.
  • L'Assommoir. Emile Zola.
  • Each Day a New Beginning. Karen Casey. Available through Hazelden Foundation. [Daily reflections, meditations.]1-800-328-9000. (recommended for women in recovery)
  • "Women," Chapter 20. Susan McGrath and Jean Kinney (ed). In Clinical Manual of Substance Abuse. Second Edition.

Articles and Reports:

  • "Fetal Brains Suffer Badly From Effects of Alcohol." The New York Times, November 4, 2003
  • The following were compiled by staff of the Hanley-Hazelden Foundation for use in their Physicians in Residence program and are posted here with permission.
    • Title: The Woman with Alcoholism
      Author(s): Hennecke, Lynne; Fox, Vernell
      Source: Gitlow, Stanley E. (Ed); Peyser, Herbert S. (Ed). (1988). Alcoholism: A practical treatment guide (2nd ed.) (pp. 172-180). Philadelphia, PA, US: Grune & Stratton, Inc/W. B. Saunders Co. x, 245 pp.
    • Title: Women and Substance Abuse.
      Author(s): Stein MD; Cyr MG
      Source: The Medical clinics of North America, 1997 Jul, 81(4):979-98
    • Title: Alcohol and Breast Cancer in Women: a pooled analysis of cohort studies.
      Author(s): Smith-Warner SA; Spiegelman D; Yaun SS; van den Brandt PA; Folsom AR; Goldbohm RA; Graham S; Holmberg L; Howe GR; Marshall JR; Miller AB; Potter JD; Speizer FE; Willett WC; Wolk A; Hunter DJ
      Source: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 1998 Feb 18, 279(7):535-40
    • Title: Helping Women Recover : A Program for Treating Substance Abuse : Facilitator's Guide
      Author(s): Covington, Stephanie.
      Publication: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers,
      Edition: 1st ed. Year: 1999
      ISBN: 0787948330 (facilitator's guide); 0787946095 (journal); 0787946109 (Journal Note(s): "Special edition for use in the criminal justice system."/ Accompanied by a workbook: A woman's journal. (viii, 134 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)./
    • Title: "Seeking Safety": Outcome of a New Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy for Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Dependence
      Author(s): Najavits, Lisa M; Weiss, Roger D; Shaw, Sarah R; Muenz, Larry R
      Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress. Vol 11(3), Jul 1998, pp. 437-456
    • Title: Women
      Author(s): Zuckerman, Karen.
      Corp Author(s): National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (U.S.)
      Publication: Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention,
      Year: 1994
      Series: Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs resource guide; DHHS publication ;; no. (SMA) 94-2097; Report No: MS 433
    • Title: Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women
      Author(s): Wetherington, Cora Lee. ; Roman, Adele B.
      Corp Author(s): National Institute on Drug Abuse.
      Publication: Rockville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse,
      Year: 1998
      Description: ix, 581 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
      Series: NIH publication ;; no. 98-4290;
      Standard No: ISBN: 0160495695 (pbk.); Stock no: 017-024-01619-5; National Library of Canada: 9811680; LCCN: 98-162388
    • Title: Substance Use Among Women in the United States.
      Corp Author(s): United States.; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.; Office of Applied Studies. ; National Opinion Research Center.
      Publication: Rockville, MD (5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville 20857) : Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies,
      Year: 1997
      Series: Analytic series ;; A-3; DHHS publication ;; no. (SMA) 97-3162;
    • Title: Practical Approaches in the Treatment of Women Who Abuse Alcohol and Other Drugs.
      Corp Author(s): Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (U.S.).; Women and Children's Branch.
      Publication: Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Division of Clinical Programs, Women and Children's Branch ; Washington, DC : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs.,
      Year: 1994
      Series: DHHS publication ;; no. (SMA) 94-3006;
      ISBN: 0160452546 :;

Short Stories:

  • Joyce Carol Oates. "Blue Skies" in The Invisible Enemy: Alcoholism and the Modern Short Story. Edited by Miriam Dow and Jennifer Regan.

Pamphlets:

The following were compiled by staff of the Hanley-Hazelden Foundation for use in their Physicians in Residence program and are posted here with permission.

  • Rowe, Kathleen, "Women's Issues," Hazelden, Center City, MN, ISBN# 0-89486-361-4, 1984.
  • Engelmann, Jeanne, "Women and Spirituality," Hazelden, Center City, MN, 1992.
  • Cusack, Suzanne Boylston, "Women and Relapse," Hazelden, Center City, MN, ISBN# 0-89486-237-5, 1984.

Last Updated: 3/22/09