AllAfrica.com - Rwanda: Alcohol
During Pregnancy Is a Recipe for Disaster, Experts Say
Experts say
alcohol has adverse effects on pregnant women and has also got the
potential to prevent women from getting pregnant.
Shalom Life -
Exclusive: An Interview With Author Linda Rosenbaum
If you’re
looking for the next great read, then look no further. Linda
Rosenbaum’s new book Not Exactly As Planned is full of heartbreak
and triumph as she navigates the rocky road of adoption and raising a
son with fetal alcohol syndrome. This critically acclaimed book talks
about her son Michael, who was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, and
his battle with alcohol abuse long before he’s old enough to take a
sip.
Mail &
Guardian Online (South Africa) - The unforgiving days of too much
wine and never enough roses
A cruel,
unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome
robs families of all hope.
Globalnews.ca
(Canada) - Parents of 14-year-old with mental health issues see
shortfalls in system
The parents of a
14-year-old who was initially denied mental health treatment at the
IWK Health Centre said they see shortfalls in the province’s mental
health system and are calling for improvements.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Ms. G, Winnipeg woman in 90s fetus rights case, watches son
graduate
A recovered
glue-sniffing addict whose pregnancy made headlines in the 90s
watched her teenage son graduate from high school in Winnipeg on
Friday.
Saskatoon
StarPhoenix (Canada) - Researchers discuss FASD and criminal
justice system
Although many
people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are not
violent, that segment of the population still has a high incidence of
involvement with the criminal justice system.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Couple frustrated by lack of FASD disclosure in adoption aren't
alone, Calgary woman says
A Calgary woman
says she also had problems getting vital health information from
Alberta's adoption services about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
David Swann says better screening for FASD needed before adoption
Liberal leader
David Swann says adoptive parents need to have all possible
information about any medical conditions the children may have prior
to adoption, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Pulse Nigeria
(Nigeria) - 'Drinking during pregnancy can cause the child to
become a criminal' - Expert says
He further said
criminality was one of the possible outcomes of exposure to alcohol
before birth, adding that brain damage, learning disability and poor
behaviour affected up to one in every 100 infants.
BBC News -
Drinking in pregnancy 'significant' cause of childhood brain
damage
One of the UK's
leading experts in child health is calling for stronger warnings on
alcohol to alert women to the dangers of drinking while pregnant.
American
Psychological Association (USA) - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
are more common than thought, say researchers at congressional
briefing
Many women aren't
fully aware of the risks associated with drinking while pregnant, and
the public needs more information on the symptoms and severity of
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), according to experts who
spoke at a congressional briefing.
UPCOMING
Research on Adolescents and Adults:
If Not Now, When? April 6 -, April 9, 2016
Although there
have been thousands of published articles in FASD in general, there
has been limited research specifically on adolescents and adults with
FASD or on individuals across the lifespan.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
YourAlberta -
What’s New in FASD Research
The presenters
discuss emerging research in FASD and how this research can impact
practice.
YourAlberta - A
First Nations Community Response to FASD
This session
explores a First Nations community response to FASD in a community
based, culturally informed and collective way.
AlcoholFreePregnancy
- The Interface of FASD and Co-Occurring Issues - NOFAS Webinar -
Daniel Dubovsky
Many individuals
with an FASD have co-occurring mental health and other issues. Some
reasons for this are genetic vulnerability, personality structure,
repeated experience of loss, trauma, and stress, and environmental
experiences.
RESEARCH
Acta
Neuropsychiatrica - A study of the effects of prenatal alcohol
exposure on white matter microstructural integrity at birth
Background
Neuroimaging studies have indicated that prenatal alcohol exposure is
associated with alterations in the structure of specific brain
regions in children. However, the temporal and regional specificity
of such changes and their behavioural consequences are less known.
Placenta -
Prenatal ethanol exposure and placental hCG and IGF2 expression
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) is the main cause of preventable non-genetic
mental retardation. Diagnosis of prenatal exposure to ethanol (PEE)
is based on questionnaires and biomarkers in perinatal matrices.
Early diagnosis of FASD is important to mitigate secondary
disabilities that will arise later in life. It is important to
identify biomarkers related to cellular damage caused by PEE.
Physiological
Reports - Impaired arousal in rat pups with prenatal alcohol
exposure is modulated by GABAergic mechanisms
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) increases the risk for The Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) in human infants. In rat pups, the arousal response
to hypoxia is modulated by medullary raphe GABAergic mechanisms.
Cerebral Cortex -
Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with regionally thinner
cortex during the preadolescent period
Children with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) may exhibit craniofacial
dysmorphology, neurobehavioral deficits, and reduced brain volume.
Developmental
Psychobiology - Embryonic alcohol exposure: towards the
development of a zebrafish model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) is a devastating disease of the brain caused
by exposure to alcohol during prenatal development. Its prevalence
exceeds 1%.
Alcohol and
Alcoholism - Evaluation of a multilevel and integrated program to
raise awareness of the harmful effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
in a local community
To evaluate a
multilevel program to raise awareness of the risks of prenatal
exposure to alcohol in the area of Treviso (Italy). The program
started in 2008 and consists of an action-research experience
involving health professionals of maternal–child services, and in
the campaign ‘Mamma Beve Bimbo Beve’, targeted to the
childbearing-aged population.
Behavioural Brain
Research - Anterior cingulate cortex surface area relates to
behavioral inhibition in adolescents with and without heavy prenatal
alcohol exposure
Prenatal alcohol
exposure is associated with behavioral disinhibition, yet the brain
structure correlates of this deficit have not been determined with
sufficient detail. We examined the hypothesis that the structure of
the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) relates to inhibition performance
in youth with histories of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (AE, n =
32) and non-exposed controls (CON, n = 21).
Neuroscience -
Prenatal ethanol exposure alters ethanol-induced Fos
inmunoreactivity and dopaminergic activity in the mesocorticolimbic
pathway of the adolescent brain
Prenatal ethanol
exposure (PEE) promotes alcohol intake during adolescence, as shown
in clinical and pre-clinical animal models. The mechanisms underlying
this effect of prenatal ethanol exposure on postnatal ethanol intake
remain, however, mostly unknown.
Psychology of
Addictive Behaviors - Prenatal substance exposure: what predicts
behavioral resilience by early adolescence?
Understanding
behavioral resilience among at-risk adolescents may guide public
policy decisions and future programs. We examined factors predicting
behavioral resilience following intrauterine substance exposure in a
prospective longitudinal birth-cohort study of 136 early adolescents
(ages 12.4–15.9 years) at risk for poor behavioral outcomes.
Journal of
Substance Abuse and Alcoholism - The fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder and homelessness project: making connections for promising
practice
The focus of this
brief paper is to describe a current research project exploring the
lived experiences of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD) who are supported by the homeless-serving sector in Calgary,
Alberta.
Experimental and
Clinical Psychopharmacology - Exposure to female fertility
pheromones influences men's drinking
Research has shown
that humans consciously use alcohol to encourage sexual activity. In
the current study, we investigated whether decision making about
alcohol use and sex can be cued outside of awareness by recently
revealed sexual signaling mechanisms.
International
Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - Correlates of lifetime
trauma exposure among pregnant women from Cape Town, South Africa
A cross-sectional
survey of 298 pregnant women from Cape Town, South Africa was
conducted to examine socio-demographic, reproductive health, mental
health, and relationship correlates of lifetime trauma exposure and
whether these correlates vary as a function of age.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Radio eM 107,6 FM
(Poland) - W ciąży groźny nawet kieliszek wina
W Wojewódzkim
Specjalistycznym Szpitalu Dziecięcym w Olsztynie odbyła się
konferencja „Nie pozwól odlecieć swojemu szczęściu!”
dotycząca profilaktyki używania substancji psychoaktywnych przez
kobiety w ciąży.
alfemminile.com
(Italy) - Fasd: FAS, ARND, ARBD/ I problemi del neonato dovuti al
consumo di alcol in gravidanza
Bere alcolici
durante la dolce attesa può portare gravi danni al neonato. FAS,
ARND, ARBD sono le sindromi legate al consumo di alcol in gravidanza.
Vi spieghiamo qui di seguito di cosa si tratta.
FOCUS Online
(Germany) - Vollrausch im Mutterleib: Alkohol-Tabu zu unbekannt
Das Baby im Bauch
trinkt mit: Bundesweit kommen jährlich rund 10 000 Jungen und
Mädchen mit alkoholbedingten Schädigungen zur Welt. Dabei wäre ihr
Schicksal vermeidbar, sagen Experten.
Onet.pl (Poland) -
W ciąży ani kropli alkoholu
Dziecko w brzuchu
matki pije razem z nią - ostrzegają eksperci. W Niemczech rodzi się
rocznie 10 tys. dzieci z wadami rozwojowymi wywołanymi spożywaniem
napojów alkoholowych przez matkę w trakcie ciąży.
