Description
Book SynopsisResponding to the Oppression of Addiction brings together the voices of over 40 academics and social work practitioners from across Canada to provide a diverse and multidimensional perspective to the study of addiction. This thoroughly updated edition features eight new chapters and streamlines the content of the previous editions, with chapters condensed and combined to create a more accessible text.
The fourth edition features new content on themes such as residential schools, prevention initiatives, special needs of different populations, policy perspectives framed within an anti-oppression standpoint, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the emerging topic of problem gambling. Returning chapters have been updated, with contributors providing more in-depth examinations of trauma-informed approaches. The entire volume has a strengthened anti-oppressive framework, on both an overarching and by-chapter level. This celebrated and varied collection is an indispensable resource for upper-level students, graduate students, and practitioners working in the fields of social work, addictions studies, and the helping professions.
Trade Review"Within a holistic framework, this collection of readings offers the current landscape of addictions issues spanning micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice across Canada. Written by social workers for social workers—plus a moving personal narrative by Thomas Miller, a non-social worker who identifies himself as a Native of Canada—the book highlights intersectionality across a range of marginalized populations and the importance of trauma-informed practice. Useful as a resource for practicing social workers, as a course textbook, or as individual chapters to supplement another textbook."
—Kimberly A. Calderwood, PhD, RSW, Full Professor, Department of Social Work, Trent University
Praise for the Third Edition:
"This new edition begins by providing a necessary and comprehensive foundation to the understanding of addiction. The updated chapters and exciting new content enhance the relevancy of this text as a valuable resource for students, both within the social work curriculum and beyond into practice."
—Tracey A. Bone, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
Table of Contents
- 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
