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A "special population" with "unique treatment needs": Dominant representations of "women's substance abuse" and their effects (2014)
Auteur(s) :
MARTIN, F. S. ;
ASTON, S. ;
Complexity: Researching alcohol and other drugs in a multiple world (August 21-23, 2013; Aarhus, Denmark)
Année
2014
Page(s) :
335-360
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
SEXE FEMININ
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
POLITIQUE
;
DIFFERENCE DE GENRE
Résumé :
A number of studies suggest that the lack of "gender sensitive" drug treatment services for women represents a pressing social problem, second only to the problem of "women's substance abuse" itself. This article interrogates these "problem representations" by asking on what basis they are considered uniquely problematic. Through a critical analysis of research on women published between 1990-2012 in relevant high impact journals, the article identifies a dominant view of women in the drug field as a "special population" with "unique treatment needs." The article suggests that this view not only reinforces a limited understanding of the harms associated with women's substance abuse, but might also paradoxically enable programs and services for women to remain as "add-ons" and/or narrow the range of "gender sensitive" approaches adopted.
Affiliation :
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Canada
Cote :
Abonnement