The needs of women with substance use problems: an expanded vision for treatment

Subst Use Misuse. 1997 Aug;32(10):1395-404. doi: 10.3109/10826089709039385.

Abstract

Although the number of females served in United States treatment programs for substance use has increased over the last decade, women continue to be underrepresented. This suggests that the prevalent treatment models, which tend to be male-oriented, may not provide appropriate strategies to meet women's needs. Substance use problems in women appear to be multideterminded phenomena in which genetics, familial history, psychosocial issues, and other environmental factors play contributing roles. Working from a relational theoretical model of female psychosocial development, a continuum of expanded services addressing the entire context of women's lives is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Comprehensive Health Care / trends
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Forecasting
  • Gender Identity
  • Health Services Needs and Demand / trends*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Socialization
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Women's Health Services / trends*