Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572308850 ISBN 13: 9781572308855

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book presents a culturally informed framework for understanding and treating substance abuse problems. From expert contributors, chapters cover specific ethnocultural groups in the United States, including Americans of African, Native American, Latino, European, Middle Eastern, and Asian descent. Authors examine how ethnocultural factors may affect a person's attitudes toward alcohol and other drugs, patterns of substance use, reasons for seeking treatment, and responsiveness to various interventions. Themes addressed include the impact of migration and acculturation issues, spiritual values and traditions, family structures, gender roles, and experiences of prejudice and discrimination. Featuring a wealth of illustrative clinical material, the book makes concrete recommendations for more competent, effective assessment and intervention. It also guides clinicians toward greater awareness of the ways their own ethnocultural backgrounds may affect their interactions with clients.

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About the Author:

Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, DSW, LCSW, is Professor at the Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work at New York University, where she is also Director of the Post-Master's Program in the Treatment of Alcohol- and Drug-Abusing Clients. She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar to Israel in 2003; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel, in January 2002; and Visiting Professor at the Omsk State Pedagogical University in Siberia, Russia, in the spring of 2000. Dr. Straussner has authored and edited numerous publications dealing with substance abuse and is the founding editor of the new Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. She has served on the National Center on Substance Abuse Treatment panel on workforce issues and is a founding board member of the New York State Institute for Professional Development in Addictions. She serves as a consultant to various hospitals, agencies, and other organizations in New York and lectures on a variety of topics throughout the United States and abroad. She also has a private therapeutic and supervisory practice in New York City.

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I. Introduction 1. Ethnocultural Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment: An Overview, Straussner II. Working with Clients of African Background 2. Substance Abuse in African American Communities, Wright 3. Substance Abuse Issues among English-Speaking Caribbean People of African Ancestry, Harris-Hastick III. Working with Clients of Native American and Latino Backgrounds 4. Native Americans and Substance Abuse, Weaver 5. Substance Abuse among Cuban Americans, Rothe and Ruiz 6. Substance Abuse in the Mexican American Population, Alvarez and Ruiz 7. Toward an Understanding of Puerto Rican Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, Medina IV. Working with Clients of European Background 8. Substance Abuse among Americans of British Descent, van Wormer 9. Substance Abuse Treatment with Clients of French Background, Abbott 10. The Irish and Substance Abuse, O'Dwyer 11. Italian Culture and Its Impact on Addiction, Marinangeli 12. Polish Identity and Substance Abuse, Gilbert and Langrod 13. Russian-Speaking Substance Abusers: New Country, Old Problems, Kagan and Shafer V. Working with Clients of Middle Eastern Background 14. Substance Use among Arabs and Arab Americans, Abudabbeh and Hamid 15. Jewish Substance Abusers: Existing but Invisible, Straussner VI. Working with Clients of Asian Background 16. Substance Abuse Treatment Issues with Cambodian Americans, Bromley and Sip 17. Ethnocultural Background and Substance Abuse Treatment of Chinese Americans, Lai 18. Ethnocultural Background and Substance Abuse Treatment of Asian Indian Americans, Sandhu and Malik 19. Substance Abuse Interventions for Japanese and Japanese American Clients, Matsuyoshi 20. Substance Abuse among Korean Americans: A Sociocultural Perspective and Framework for Intervention, Kwon-AhnContents I. Introduction 1. Ethnocultural Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment: An Overview, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner II. Working with Clients of African Background 2. Substance Abuse in African American Communities, Ednita M. Wright 3. Substance Abuse Issues among English-Speaking Caribbean People of African Ancestry, Eda F. Harris-Hastick III. Working with Clients of Native American and Latino Backgrounds 4. Native Americans and Substance Abuse, Hilary N. Weaver 5. Substance Abuse among Cuban Americans, Eugenio M. Rothe 6. Substance Abuse in the Mexican American Population, Louis R. Alvarez 7. Toward an Understanding of Puerto Rican Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, Catherine Medina IV. Working with Clients of European Background 8. Substance Abuse among Americans of British Descent, Katherine Stuart van Wormer 9. Substance Abuse Treatment with Clients of French Background, Ann A. Abbott 10. The Irish and Substance Abuse, Philip O'Dwyer 11. Italian Culture and Its Impact on Addiction, Pia Marinangeli 12. Polish Identity and Substance Abuse, Jim Gilbert and Jan Langrod 13. Russian-Speaking Substance Abusers in Transition: New Country, Old Problems, Helen Kagan and Kathryn C. Shafer V. Working with Clients of Middle Eastern Background 14. Substance Use among Arabs and Arab Americans, Nuha Abudabbeh and Andrew Hamid 15. Jewish Substance Abusers: Existing but Invisible, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner VI. Working with Clients of Asian Background 16. Substance Abuse Treatment Issues with Cambodian Americans, Mary Ann Bromley and Chhem Sip 17. Ethnocultural Background and Substance Abuse Treatment of Chinese Americans, Ting-Fun May Lai 18. Ethnocultural Background and Substance Abuse Treatment of Asian Indian Americans, Daya Singh Sandhu and Ruby Malik 19. Substance Abuse Interventions for Japanese and Japanese American Clients, Jun Matsuyoshi 20. Substance Abuse among Korean Americans: A Sociocultural Perspective and Framework for Intervention, Young Hee Kwon-Ahn

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1572308850
• ISBN 13: 9781572308855
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 447
• Editor: Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner