Women

Women: Winter 2004
Vol. 2, No. 4
(48 pages)
PDF of Complete Issue (1.15mb)

Table of Contents

  • Editor’s Message (Christina Martens)
  • Measured Steps...Toward Big Leaps? [guest editorial] (Nancy Poole)
  • Mental Health and Substance Use: Why women? (Marina Morrow)
  • Embodying Beauty: The time has come (Tannis Hugill)
  • Women and Benzodiazepines (Frances Kirson)
  • Depression and Anxiety Barriers for One in Five Working Women
  • Women Bear the Brunt of Role Overload
  • Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum (Shimi Kang) [exclusively-online article]
  • Painful Pasts: Post-Traumatic Stress in Women Survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools (Ingrid Söchting)
  • Violence Against Women and Substance Use ina Rural Context (Sheila Dick and Colleen Varcoe)
  • How Widespread are Eating Disorders? Misconceptions and realities (Erin C. Dunn and Josie Geller)
  • Anxiety in Pregnancy and Postpartum (Nichole Fairbrother)
  • Breastfeeding: Cautions and concerns (Anne Price)
  • You Are Mother (Dawn-Marie Tytherleigh)
  • Women Need Community Support to Survive (Laraine Michalson)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress and Substance Use (Sally Gose)
  • Continuing the Journey: A way back from trauma and substance use (Katherine B. Oxner and Veronica Brown)
  • My Fall From Grace: Exercise, well-being medication side effects (Cynthia Row)
  • On the Road Again (S. Linda Walker)
  • Bingeing and the Blues (Victoria Maxwell)
  • My Eating Disorder (Caitlin M.)
  • When Sorry is Too Late: Amanda's Story (Amanda Johson) [exclusively-online article]
  • Moving Forward with Women’s Addiction Treatment in BC (Carol Savage)
  • Good Drugs, Bad Drugs: Pregnancy, substances and social attitudes (Susan Boyd)
  • Substance Use and Indo-Canadian Women (Kalyani Vittala and Nancy Poole)
  • The 16 Steps for Discovery and Empowerment: An alternative to 12 Step programs (Candace Plattor)
  • Finding—and Sticking with—Medication that Works (Linda Pook)
  • Body Image and Physical Activity: New perspectives for self-care (Kate Maliha)
  • Focusing on Healing: Disordered eating, trauma, addictions (Judy Lyon)
  • Changes in Substance Use, Violence and Stress Among Women in Transition Houses Rural Areas (Lucy McCullough, Natasha Jategaonkar, Lorraine Greaves, Cathy Chabot and Nancy Poole)
  • Structured for Success: Working with adults affected by FASD (Jeanette Turpin)
  • Harm Reduction and Housing: YWCA Crabtree Corner (Wendy Lund)
  • Fir Square at BC Women’s Hospital: Maternity care and substance misuse (Yalile Seaman)
  • Effective Treatment for Women with Substance Use Problems: Aurora Centre’s approach (Gail Malmo)
  • Seeking Solace and Safety: Trauma-informed training at Riverview (Kathleen Whipp)
  • Pregnancy Outreach Programs (Maria Burglehaus)
  • RESOURCES

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