Counseling Female Offenders Who Abuse Substances

Baletka, Dawn Marie; Shearer, Robert A.

doi:10.1080/15564223.2001.12034591

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“…Additionally, helping financially-constrained women to learn to manage their money as effectively as possible and showing them how to get out of debt and stay out of debt would also be worthwhile endeavors for community-based projects to undertake. Research on the effectiveness of such programs has been very encouraging, and some authors have noted the need for more educational opportunities and vocational rehabilitation services to be provided, particularly to disadvantaged women (Baletka, & Shearer, 2001;Nunes-Dinis & Barth, 1993). Given the association we found between money-related problems and depression, and given the proven success of programs designed to help low-income people to improve their economic circumstances, programs that can alleviate "at risk" women's financial woes are likely to derive positive benefits in the depression arena, too.…”

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confidence: 99%

Depression and HIV Risk Behavior Practices Among “At Risk” Women

Klein

Elifson

Sterk³

2008

Women & Health

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In this study, we examined the relationship between depression and HIV-related risk behavior practices in a sample of 250 at risk, predominantly African American women living in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. Interviews were conducted between August 1997 and August 2000. Street outreach efforts were used to identify potential study participants, with further expansion of the sample via targeted sampling and ethnographic mapping procedures. Our conceptual model hypothesized a relationship between depression and HIV risk in which depression and condom-related attitudes were construed as intervening (or mediating) variables. A multivariate analysis was used to determine the relationship between depression and women's risk behaviors. The results showed that depression was a key-mediating variable, having its primary influence on women's risky practices through its impact upon their attitudes toward using condoms. Factors associated with depression, included religiosity, closeness of family relationships, financial problems, childhood maltreatment experiences, and drug-related problems. The implications of these findings for prevention and intervention efforts are: (1) heightening faith community involvement and religious participation to decrease depression; (2) working with women whose familial bonds are in need of strengthening to combat depression; (3) providing mental health and counseling services to women who were emotionally and/or sexually abused during their formative years seems to help these women to recover from unresolved issues that may be fueling depression; (4) assisting at risk women who need training in money management issues to minimize their risk for depression; and (5) helping women drug abusers to receive treatment for their drug problems to combat their depression and lower their HIV risk.

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confidence: 99%

Depression and HIV Risk Behavior Practices Among “At Risk” Women

Klein

Elifson

Sterk³

2008

Women & Health

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“…Additionally, helping financially constrained women to learn to manage their money as effectively as possible and showing them how to get out of debt and stay out of debt would also be worthwhile endeavors for community‐based projects to undertake. Research on the effectiveness of such programs has been very encouraging and some authors have noted the need for more educational opportunities and vocational rehabilitation services to be provided, particularly to disadvantaged women (Baletka & Shearer, 2001; Nunes‐Dinis & Barth, 1993).…”

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confidence: 99%

Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among “At Risk” Cocaine‐Using African American Women

Klein

Elifson

Sterk

2006

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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The focus of this study was to identify factors that differentiate women drug abusers who had experienced suicidal ideation from those who did not. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 221 cocaine-using women in Atlanta, GA, 88 (39.8%) of whom reported thinking about committing suicide at least once during the 90 days prior to interview and 133 (60.2%) of whom did not. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify predictors of suicidal ideation, and post hoc goodness-of-fit tests were conducted to assess the robustness of final models derived. Model 1 excluded all psychosocial functioning measures and Model 2 included these items. Both models showed that suicidal ideation was more common among women who were unemployed, had been abused sexually, engaged in sexual relations to cope with stresses, or had less helpful relatives. In addition, Model 1 revealed a heightened risk for women experiencing financial problems and those who had a previous mental health diagnosis, whereas Model 2 showed an elevated risk among women who experienced anxiety and those who had lower levels of self-esteem. These findings suggest the need for prevention and intervention programs that target at-risk women, and for such programs to include an emphasis on suicidal ideation in addition to focusing on risk factors that are addressed more commonly.

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“…However, there is a growing consensus that the needs of women offenders are different compared to those of men (Baletka & Shearer, 2005;Belenko, 2006;Greene et al, 2000;Morash et al, 1998;Peters et al, 1997;Young & Smith, 2000). The special needs of female offenders are related in three sets of factors as follows: (a) extensive childhood and adult abuse histories (see Carlson & Shafer, 2010, for a review) that create mental health problems for them such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (Green et al, 2005;Peters et al, 1997); (b) their high rates of drug use prior to incarceration; and (c) and their roles as parents (Baletka & Shearer, 2005;Peters et al, 1997).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Implementation of a structured approach to transition planning such as that proposed by the APIC model is especially important for women offenders, because many states have only one centralized prison facility for women, requiring accurate assessment of need and corresponding in-prison treatment programming at institutional intake, including drug abuse and interpersonal trauma history (Baletka & Shearer, 2005). An increasing consensus develops that these needs and issues should be addressed during incarceration (Harm & Phillips, 2001;Peters et al, 1997;Severence, 2004), bearing in mind that drugs are often easily available behind bars (Belenko & Peugh, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The special needs of female offenders are related in three sets of factors as follows: (a) extensive childhood and adult abuse histories (see Carlson & Shafer, 2010, for a review) that create mental health problems for them such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (Green et al, 2005;Peters et al, 1997); (b) their high rates of drug use prior to incarceration; and (c) and their roles as parents (Baletka & Shearer, 2005;Peters et al, 1997). It is estimated that about 59% to 70% of women in jail, state or federal prison, are mothers (Greenfeld & Snell, 1999;Morash et al, 1998), most of whom expect to be reunited with their children upon release (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1993;Pollock, Mullings, & Crouch, 2006).…”

Section: Service Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Traumatic Histories and Stressful Life Events of Incarcerated Parents II: Gender and Ethnic Differences in Substance Abuse and Service Needs

2010

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Substance abuse is increasingly common in prison inmates. This article presents findings on substance abuse and service needs of male and female inmate parents in Arizona, with a particular focus on gender and ethnic differences across inmates. A sample of 838 incarcerated fathers and 1,441 mothers completed anonymous questionnaires regarding traumatic and stressful events experienced as children and/or adults, including addiction. Exposure to childhood and adult traumatic events, especially child abuse, was related to self-reported alcohol and drug problems for both males and females. Mothers reported significantly more postrelease service needs than fathers. Implications for practice and policy are discussed.

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Counseling Female Offenders Who Abuse Substances

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Depression and HIV Risk Behavior Practices Among “At Risk” Women

Depression and HIV Risk Behavior Practices Among “At Risk” Women

Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among “At Risk” Cocaine‐Using African American Women

Traumatic Histories and Stressful Life Events of Incarcerated Parents II: Gender and Ethnic Differences in Substance Abuse and Service Needs

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