Abstract

Chemically dependent women face special problems. This article reviews the epidemiology, screening, clinical consequences, and treatment of substance-abusing women. Alcohol, opiate, and cocaine abuse are often linked in women, and the individual and overlapping effects of these drugs are described. Gender difference also are highlighted.

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