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Treatment Strategies for Women

Answering an urgent demand for treatment protocols designed specifically for women who abuse drugs, commit crimes, and receive treatment in correctional settings, this program targets the biological, psychological, and social roots of female substance abuse and crime.

Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment for Women in Correctional Settings:

Female-Focused Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change
Pathways to Responsible Living
by: Harvey B. Milkman, Kenneth W. Wanberg, Barbara A Gagliardi

This Adjunct Provider's Guide is essential to agencies, treatment centers, and practitioners working with women in the judicial system − offering female clients the best possible chance to get back on the road to recovery.

About the Adjunct Provider's Guide

• Increases the female focus of each session in the original SSC curriculum
• Assumes a strengths-based approach, which helps build support systems and motivate recovery for women
• Provides a broad perspective on psychological, social and biological issues and enhances treatment outcomes across a wide spectrum of agencies and treatment providers