Women's Treatment Resources

The newest Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 51, Substance Abuse Treatment: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women, reviews gender-specific research and best practices regarding the specific substance abuse treatment needs of...

The Women's Services Network (WSN) of the National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) partnered with Federal and State stakeholders to craft this 2008 guidance document on developing standards...

This 2009 report brings together the most recent research, resources, products, and tools on mental health issues in women and explores the role gender plays in diagnosing, treating, and coping...

This report presents estimates of substance use treatment need, receipt of treatment, perceived need for treatment, and reasons for not receiving treatment among women of childrearing age (i.e., women aged...

This 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) report discusses increases of of violent behavior among girls. From 1991 to 2000, however, arrests of girls increased more rapidly...

The SAMHSA Women, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Violence Study was a 5-year initiative designed to develop, implement, and evaluate integrated systems of care for women with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and...

Presenter: Hon. Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Fourth National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery (2010).

Presenter: Carol McDaid, Co-Founder and Principal, Capitol Decisions, Inc. The Future of the Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Field Post-Parity and Health Care Reform. (Fourth National Conference on Women, Addiction and...

Presenter: Dawnovise Fowler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. Third National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery (2008).

The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center, which is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), helps prevent violence against women by advancing knowledge about prevention...

The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) is a service of the Office on Women's Health (OWH), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It offers free...

The Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) coordinates women's health efforts in all HHS agencies and offices and works to improve the...