Responding to the Oppression of Addiction

Rick Csiernik is a Professor of Social Work at King’s College, University of Western Ontario. Csiernik has authored and edited several popular Canadian Scholars titles including: Substance Use and Misuse, Third Edition (2021); The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada, Second Edition (2019); Workplace Wellness (2014); The Drug Paradox (with Tara Bruno, 2018), and Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Health (co-edited with Cheryl Forchuk and Elsabeth Jensen, 2011). The author of more than 100 journal articles, their research interests include addiction, employee assistance programming and workplace wellness, social work education, and program evaluation. Rick has been recipient of both the King’s University College Award for Excellence in Teaching and the McMaster University Instructor Appreciation Award. William S. Rowe is a Professor of Social Work at the University of South Florida and holds cross-appointments at the Moffitt Cancer Center, the College of Public Health, and the AIDS Training and Education Center, also at the University of South Florida. Gabriela Novotna is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Research and Graduate Program in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina. She is a Researcher with Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU).

Preface
PART 1: CORE CONCEPTS
Introduction to the section
1. Creating a Holistic Understanding of Addiction
2. From Laggard to Leader? Drug Policy in Canada
3. Canada's Legal Approach to Substance Use and Addiction
4. The Opioid Crisis in Canada
5. Prevention as Controversy: Harm Reduction
PART 2: THE INTERSECTION OF FAMILY AND ADDICTION
Introduction to the section
6. Coming Home: Rediscovering the Family in Addiction Treatment in Canada
7. Perinatal Substance Use Disorders
8. The Treatment of Adolescent Substance Misuse
9. Impact of Addiction on Parenting Post-Separation
10. The Intersections of Substance Use, Sexual Activity, and Addiction
11. The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Addiction: A Two-Tail Phenomenon
PART 3: A QUESTION OF EQUITY
Introduction to the section
12. Understanding the Ultimate Oppression: Addiction in Native Land
13. I Have Kept Too Many Secrets: The Residential School Experience
14. Identifying the Landscape of Substance Use among the Inuit in Nunavut
15. The Experience of Addiction within the Black Community: Treatments and Responses
16. A House with Many Rooms: A Snapshot of Substance Use Across Muslim Populations
17. The Experiences of Chinese Youth in Drug Treatment Programs
18. Understanding Substance Use and Addiction from a Queer Perspective: Towards Mobilizing a Queer-Oriented Harm Reduction Approach
19. Examining the Intersection of Addiction and Issues of Ability
20. Concurrent Disorders and Social Work Intervention
PART 4: TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS
Introduction to the section
21. Is Alcoholics Anonymous of Value for Social Workers?
22. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies: The Three Waves of CBT
23. Trauma Issues and Substance Use: Considerations for Social Work Practice
24. Narrative Therapy Ideas and Practices for Working with Addiction
25. PAWSitive Support: A Canine Assisted Learning Program to Support Prisoners in Healing from Substance Use