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Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment

Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment - Paperback

by Jenny Valentish
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jenny ValentishTheme:Sex & Gender/Feminine, Topical/Health & Fitness, Topical/Women's InterestPublish date:5/29/2017Pages:322
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Black Inc.ISBN-13:9781863959223ISBN-10:186395922XUPC:9781863959223Book Category:Self-Help, Health & Fitness, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Substance Abuse & Addictions, Women's Health, MemoirsBook Topic:AlcoholSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.495Product ID:SCF3JFBSJC

Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way. Her travels around Australia take her to treatment facilities and AA groups. Mining the expertise of leading researchers, she explores the early predictors of addiction, such as childhood trauma and temperament, and teenage impulsivity.

Drawing on neuroscience, she explains why other self-destructive behaviours - such as eating disorders, compulsive buying and high-risk sex - are interchangeable with problematic substance use.

Valentish follows the pathways that women, in particular, take into addiction - and out again. Woman of Substances is an insightful, rigorous and brutally honest read.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Black Inc.ISBN-13:9781863959223ISBN-10:186395922XUPC:9781863959223Book Category:Self-Help, Health & Fitness, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Substance Abuse & Addictions, Women's Health, MemoirsBook Topic:AlcoholSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.495Product ID:SCF3JFBSJC
Valentish, Jenny: - Jenny Valentish is a regular contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald and the Saturday Paper, and former editor of Time Out Melbourne and Triple J's Jmag. She grew up in Slough, a satellite town of London, and moved to Australia in 2006. She quit drinking in 2009, which sparked a desire to explore the drives behind addiction. She has a graduate certificate in Alcohol and Other Drugs from Turning Point/Monash University.
Publisher: Black Inc.

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