Review Article
Review of Literature of Women with Co-occurring Disorders through the Feminist and Black Feminist Perspective
Laryssa Creswell*St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Corresponding Author:
- Laryssa Creswell
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington
District of Columbia, USA
E-mail: laryssa.creswell@gmail.com
Received date: December 26, 2015 Accepted date: February 19, 2016 Published date: February 26, 2016
Citation: Creswell L (2016) Review of Literature of Women with Co-occurring Disorders through the Feminist and Black Feminist Perspective. J Addict Res Ther 7:267. doi:10.4172/2155-6105.1000267
Copyright: © 2016 Creswell L. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
A review of literature through a lens of Feminism and Black Feminism of women, addiction, mental illness and trauma was conducted for a different clinical perspective and consideration for treatment provisions provided to women with co-occurring disorders. Studies presented have shown an increased realization that women require treatment that meets their specific needs and the use of a Feminist and Black feminist lens can alter clinician’s viewpoints to meet those specific needs of women in treatment.
