title: Treatment issues for alcohol- and drug-dependent pregnant and parenting women.
abstract: Research suggests that programs that provide coordinated, comprehensive, and family-centered care are better at attracting pregnant and parenting substance-abusing women into treatment and provide more effective treatment. This article examines the history of substance abuse treatment for women; identifies barriers to treatment access; and explores the socioeconomic, clinical, and systemic issues in the treatment of alcohol- and drug-dependent women. Special attention is given to the effects of substance abuse on women's relationship as daughters, partners, and parents and to its role in violence against women.
authors.affiliation: Coalition on Addiction, Pregnancy and Parenting, Cambridge, MA 02139.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011247:Pregnancy; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*