Download or read book Gender and Addictions written by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1997 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing that men and women have different patterns and different needs, the book emphasizes the relational model of female psychological development formulated by such theorists as Miller, Chodorow, and Gilligan, which illuminates women's functional focus on connection and relationship as opposed to men's on separation and individuation.