Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment

Book Overview

This book presents a culturally informed framework for understanding and treating substance abuse problems. From expert contributors, chapters cover specific ethnocultural groups in the United States, including Americans of African, Native American, Latino, European, Middle Eastern, and Asian descent. Authors examine how ethnocultural factors may affect a person's attitudes toward alcohol and other drugs, patterns of substance use, reasons for seeking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572308850
• ISBN13: 9781572308855
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"