This well-researched paper examines the findings published in numerous medical journals regarding the issue of women and
drug
addiction. This paper compares the results found in various tests and surveys between men and women addicted to drugs. According to one report, women are significantly more likely than men to have a diagnosis of panic disorders prior to their getting involved in heavy drug use. Another article suggests, that although drug abuse in men is still more prevalent than in women, women are in fact catching up to their male counterparts. This paper discusses the correlation between drug addiction and depression as well as suicide, in both men and women. The writer of this paper contends and explains the lack of support and rehabilitation services that are primarily geared towards women. Table of Contents: Gender Affects Relationships Between Drug Abuse and Psychiatric Women and Substance Abuse Men and Women May Process Cocaine Cues Differently In Harms Way: Suicide in America Relational Systems Change Predominantly Female Caseloads: Identifying Organizational Correlates in Private Substance Abuse Treatment Centers Prevalence and Motives for Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants in an Undergraduate Student Sample Validation of a System of Classifying Female Substance Abusers on the Basis of Personality and Motivational Risk Factors for Substance Abuse References