Transforming Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders and their Families

Take 10! Transforming Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and Their Families Topic 3 (Overview Session): Considerations for Male Clinicians Treating Women with SUDs

The Take 10! Transforming Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and their Families series discusses current issues and challenges confronted by diverse women presenting with substance use, SUDs, and who are in recovery. Women experience SUD in ways that are distinct from men. Historically, access to treatment for women has been limited, a disparity that persists today. Studies show that when women begin treatment for SUDs, they frequently arrive with more severe medical, behavioral, psychological, and social struggles compared to men. For these reasons, there is a need for gender-specific services.

Topic 3: Considerations for Male Clinicians Treating Women with SUDs

This 30-minute overview session will introduce participants to the emotional, physical, and socioeconomic factors that uniquely impact women during treatment, and especially how these factors relate to considerations for male clinicians treating with women with SUDs.

Learning Objectives:

• Women’s treatment history and current aspects of women-centered treatment in the United States, with a focus on the Midwest
• The link between trauma, substance use, and other co-morbidities in women
• Trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches for specific racial/ethnic women in recovery

• Effective clinical strategies, interventions, and resources that help improve engagement, retention, and completion of treatment program

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