NEWS and ARTICLES
Ktoo (USA) - Effort to warn women
about alcohol during pregnancy
A media campaign
is set to launch in March that’s aimed at reducing the number of
children born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Alaska.
Juneau Empire -
Finding the good with FASD
It’s important
to find the good, explained Mary Katasse, a mother of three children
with FASD. She finds the good in even undesirable behavior because
she said her children yearn to do good and will strive to do more
good.
NOFAS (USA) - CDC
Publishes FAS Data and FASD Estimate
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the latest edition of
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), describes findings from
a new report, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among Children Aged 7-9 Years –
Arizona, Colorado, and New York, 2010, on the prevalence of fetal
alcohol syndrome (FAS) at three sites within the CDC-funded Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Network II.
The Joint - ADHD,
or FASD?
A report released
in November 2013 found that 11% of children in the US aged 4 to 17
had been diagnosed with ADHD, and that number is quickly rising. Some
people believe ADHD is the product of genetics, a poor environment,
or simply doctors racking up diagnoses in order to profit from what
are simply “problem children,” not taught proper discipline by
their parents.
Ob.Gyn. News -
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders are a vibrant area of development and research.
Awareness about this preventable group of conditions appears to be
growing.
RESOURCES AND
VIDEOS
UC San Diego
POLICY DESIGN AND EVALUATION LAB - Computer Games to Improve
Behavioral Regulation in FASD-affected Children
The research team
has developed a treatment for children with FASD-related adaptive
functioning impairments that was demonstrated in a pilot study in the
United States to be effective for children with FASD in the age range
of 5 - 10 years.
NEW PSA DEVELOPED IN EFFORT TO
EXPAND FASD PREVENTION STATEWIDE
The Trust
presentation to the Senate Finance Committee today included the
premiere of a new PSA developed to educate, engage and enlist
legislators regarding the need for increased statewide attention to
the challenges posed by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in
Alaska, from a social level to an economic one.
Your
Alberta - Practical strategies and support for families
affected by FASD
Mary Berube (MSW,
RSW) provides practical suggestions about what parents can do to
strengthen their relationships with their children affected by FASD
to give the children the best start in life.
UPCOMING
13th Annual Harm Reduction
Conference
The Alberta Harm
Reduction Conference has been in existence since 2000. Initially it
was an annual event, and is now held biannually. We have been
privileged to have speakers and attendees from across Canada and the
US. The conference is a joint effort by Alberta’s needle
exchange/Harm Reduction programs, including Safeworks (Calgary),
Central Alberta AIDS Network (Red Deer), HIV North (Grande
Prairie/Fort MacMurray), HIV West Yellowhead (Jasper), HIV Community
Link (Calgary/Medicine Hat), the Lethbridge HIV Connection and
Streetworks (Edmonton).
RESEARCH
CDC -
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among Children Aged 7–9 Years —
Arizona, Colorado, and New York, 2010
Fetal alcohol
syndrome (FAS) is a serious birth defect and developmental disorder
caused by in utero exposure to alcohol (1). Assessment of the public
health burden of FAS through surveillance has proven difficult; there
is wide variation in reported prevalence depending on the study
population and surveillance method.
Pediatrics -
Misdiagnosis and Missed Diagnoses in Foster and Adopted Children
With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
The purpose of
this article is to assess the rate of misdiagnosis and missed
diagnoses of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) among a
population of foster and adopted youth referred to a children’s
mental health center.
Frontiers -
Experimental models of early exposure to alcohol: a way to unravel
the neurobiology of mental retardation
Excessive alcohol
drinking represents a major social and public health problem for
several countries. Alcohol abuse during pregnancy leads to a complex
syndrome referred to as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD),
chiefly characterized by mental retardation.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Effects of prenatal alcohol
and cigarette exposure on offspring substance use in multiplex,
alcohol-dependent families
Women with a
family history of SUD are at increased risk for substance use during
pregnancy. Both familial loading for alcohol dependence and prenatal
exposure to alcohol or cigarettes are important risk factors in the
development of offspring substance use.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Moderate-level prenatal
alcohol exposure induces sex differences in dopamine D1 receptor
binding in adult rhesus monkey
These results
suggest that prenatal alcohol exposure results in long-term increases
in prefrontal dopamine D1R binding in males. This may help explain
gender differences in the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders
consequent to prenatal alcohol exposure.
Alcohol -
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and behavioral dysfunction
following early binge-like prenatal alcohol exposure in mice
The range of
defects that fall within fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
includes persistent behavioral problems, with anxiety and depression
being two of the more commonly reported issues.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Prenatal ethanol exposure
impairs executive function in mice into adulthood
Previously, data
from clinical studies have suggested that executive control deficits
may underlie cognitive, as well as social, problems seen in
adolescents with documented PAE. These data demonstrate that even
more moderate alcohol exposure during development can lead to
impaired cognitive functioning well into adulthood.
Neuropsychology -
Visual-spatial abilities relate to mathematics achievement in
children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure
The current study
examined the relationship between mathematics and attention, working
memory, and visual memory in children with heavy prenatal alcohol
exposure and controls.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - beta-Endorphin neuronal
transplantation into the hypothalamus alters anxiety-like behaviors
in prenatal alcohol-exposed rats and alcohol-non-preferring and
alcohol-preferring rats
Alcohol exposure
has adverse effects on stress physiology and behavioral reactivity.
This is suggested to be due, in part, to the effect of alcohol on
β-endorphin (β-EP)-producing neurons in the hypothalamus. In
response to stress, β-EP normally provides negative feedback to the
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and interacts with other
neurotransmitter systems in the amygdala to regulate behavior.
Behavioural Brain
Research - An fMRI study of behavioral response inhibition in
adolescents with and without histories of heavy prenatal alcohol
exposure
Heavy prenatal
alcohol exposure results in a range of deficits, including both
volumetric and functional changes in brain regions involved in
response inhibition such as the prefrontal cortex and striatum.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Italiasalute.it
(Italy) - Feto esposto all'alcol rischia disturbi del
comportamento
In presenza di
disturbi comportamentali nei bambini, i medici dovrebbero considerare
la possibilità di un disturbo non diagnosticato dello spettro fetale
alcolico (Fasd).
Ärzte Zeitung
(Germany) - Schwangere besser aufklären
Das Ausmaß
schwerer Schädigungen von Kindern durch Alkoholkonsum während der
Schwangerschaft wird offenbar drastisch unterschätzt. Die Politik
soll helfen, besser aufzuklären - und Betroffene vor Stigmatisierung
zu schützen, fordern Experten.
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