Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment

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.

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