Responding to the Oppression of Addiction

Rick Csiernik, Professor of Social Work at King’s University College, Western University, has authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has been an invited presenter at over 200 national and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. Among his other books are Responding to the Oppression of Addiction, Workplace Wellness, and Just Say Know: A Counsellor’s Guide to Psychoactive Drugs. William Rowe is 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. Dr. Rowe has authored over 130 academic and professional works and has provided lectures and seminars in over 30 countries.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Creating a Social Work Understanding of Addiction - Rick Csiernik and William S. Rowe
Part 1: Prevention
2. Prevention as Controversy: Harm Reduction - Jim Watkin, William S. Rowe and Rick Csiernik
3. Supervised Injection Sites: Harm Reduction and Health Promotion - William S. Rowe and Cassandra Gonzalez
4. Culture as Prevention: A Case Study of Urban Canadian Jewish Male Students - Michael B. Waxman and Rick Csiernik
Part 2: Programs
5. Is Alcoholics Anonymous of Value for Social Work Practitioners? - Rick Csiernik
6. A Model for Working with Women Dealing with Child Sexual Abuse and Addiction: The Laurel Centre - Diane Hiebert-Murphy and Lee Woytkiw
7. Narrative Therapy Ideas and Practices for Working with Addiction - Laura Beres
8. Professional-Peer Co-leadership: The Elders Health Program - Debra Kostyk, Don Fuchs, Ellen Tabisz and William R. Jacyk
9. Maintaining the Continuum of Care: Arguing for Community-Based Residential Addiction Treatment Programs - Rick Csiernik
10. Does Sex Matter? Individual and Group Outcomes of Male and Female Community Treatment Clients - Jane Troller, Rick Csiernik and Steve Didham
Part 3: Populations
11. Coming Home: Rediscovering the Family in Addiction Treatment in Canada - Ramona Alaggia and Rick Csiernik
12. Patterns of Intimacy and Sexual Expression in Interaction with Addictions - Louise Osmond and Dennis Kimberley
13. The Use of Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs by Working Women - Pauline Morissette and Nicole Dedobbeleer and Emma Wilson and Rick Csiernik
14. Violent Substance Abusers in Domestic Violence Treatment - Thomas Brown, Annette Werk, Tom Caplan and Peter Seraganian
15. Multiple Barriers: The Intersection of Substance Abuse in the Lives of Women Disclosing and Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence - Anna Francis, Ramona Alaggia and Rick Csiernik
16. Drug Use, Addiction and the Criminal Justice System - Amber Kellen and Lois Powers
17. The Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abuse - Chris Stewart and William S. Rowe
18. The Experiences of Chinese-Canadians in Drug Treatment Programs in Vancouver - Siu-ming Kwok
19. Understanding the Ultimate Oppression: Alcohol and Drug Addiction in Native Land - Mavis Etienne and Kelly Brownbill
20. Concurrent Disorders and Social Work Intervention - Dennis Kimberley and Louise Osmond
21. Is Substance Abuse Even an Issue? Perceptions of Male and Female Community-Based Mental Health System Consumer-Survivors - Rick Csiernik
Part 4: Policy
22. Many Paths to Prohibition: Drug Policy in Canada - Rick Csiernik and Robin Koop-Watson
23. Addiction Intervention, Employability and Welfare - Carolyne Gorlick and Rick Csiernik
24. Are Social Workers Taught to Be Competent Addiction Counsellors? - Greg Graves, Rick Csiernik, Jamie Foy and Joseph Cesar
Part 5: Problem Gambling
25. Problem Gambling: Current Knowledge and Clinical Perspectives - Jeffrey Derevensky, Rina Gupta and Rick Csiernik
List of Contributing Authors
Index
Copyright Acknowledgments