AnaesthesiaUK (UK)
- Doctors call for better training and support to prevent,
diagnose and manage fetal alcohol syndrome
In a revised BMA
report, leading doctors’ call for better training and support to
help healthcare professionals in the UK prevent, diagnose and manage
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), and reduce the number of
children affected each year.
MedicalXpress -
Faulty bioelectric signal responsible for facial defects caused by
rare genetic disorder
The new findings,
Adams says, "are not just the first-ever model of why one rare
mutation causes craniofacial anomalies, they actually may apply to
the very much more common fetal alcohol syndrome."
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Waikato DHB proposes to take action on fetal alcohol
disorder
The Waikato
District Health Board plans to submit a proposal to address fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder, a condition that could affect 4000 people
in the region the board covers.
Scoop.co.nz (New
Zealand/Canada) - Canadian experts on FASD visit New Zealand
Two Canadian
experts are visiting New Zealand over the next fortnight to present a
series of workshops on providing effective services to children
affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and their
families.
The Guardian (UK)
- How foetal alcohol spectrum disorder affects the care system
Sam Lister and her
partner Paul had never heard of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. But
as experienced foster carers with 13 placements behind them, they
knew there was something wrong with their adoptive son Lee when he
was just five-months-old.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
N.W.T. health care workers get rundown on new FASD diagnostic
guidelines
A pediatrician and
two psychologists specializing in diagnosing and treating FASD were
in Yellowknife this week training health care workers on the new
Canadian diagnosis guidelines released late last year.
Concordia - FASD
and Art Therapy: An Exploratory Review
The purpose of
this paper is to review art therapy (AT) and its effectiveness as a
treatment approach for individuals diagnosed with fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD).
Today - 'I'm
the woman the CDC was worried about': I drank before I knew I was
pregnant
I am one of those
people who rarely drinks, not because I disapprove of it, but because
it makes me sick. It's unpredictable — sometimes half a glass of
wine will give me a migraine. Two glasses and I risk spending the
entire next day in bed.
MATERIALS and
RESOURCES
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in
Adults: Ethical and Legal Perspectives
This volume is an
effort to combine the viewpoints of many toward a mutual goal of
helping those with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
COMING UP
CAPHC Webinar: Peer Support in FASD
- Early Intervention and Prevention (March 9)
In
the third instalment of our FASD Webinar Series, created in
partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada, we will be
exploring three outreach programs working with high risk women.
Fetal Alcohol & Other
Neurobehavioral Conditions: Understanding & Application of a
Brain-Based Approach (June 23-25)
This workshop
provides information about Fetal Alcohol and other neurobehavioral
conditions (FA/NB), and the effects of alcohol and other drugs on
behaviors of children, adolescents and adults.
Research on Adolescents and Adults:
If Not Now, When? (April 6-9)
As adolescents and
adults with FASD continue to age, the “need to know” across a
broad spectrum of areas is becoming critically important for
identifying clinically relevant research questions and directions.
This interactive 2016 conference will provide an opportunity to be at
the forefront of addressing these issues.
RESEARCH
Alcoholism -
Theory of Mind in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Theory of mind
(ToM) refers to the ability to understand and make inferences about
other people's intentions, feelings, and beliefs. Although children
with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are known to have
deficits in social-cognitive function, little is known about ToM in
FASD.
Journal of
Pediatric Neuropsychology - Improving Educational Outcomes in
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Through Interagency Collaboration
Children with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) demonstrate a significant
array of neurocognitive impairments including deficits in
intelligence, attention, processing speed, executive functions,
language functions, visual-spatial abilities, memory, and academic
achievement.
Australasian
Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs - Impairment of
motor skills in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in
remote Australia: The Lililwan Project
We aimed to
characterise motor performance in predominantly Aboriginal children
living in very remote Australia, where rates of prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) are high. Motor performance was assessed, and the
relationship between motor skills, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASD) and PAE was explored.
Journal of
Biomedical Science - Ethanol induces cytostasis of cortical basal
progenitors
Developing brain
is a major target for alcohol’s actions and neurological/functional
abnormalities include microencephaly, reduced frontal cortex, mental
retardation and attention-deficits. Previous studies have shown that
ethanol altered the lateral ventricular neuroepithelial cell
proliferation.
The American
journal of forensic medicine - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Sudden
Unexpected Death in Infancy: A Case Report in Medicolegal Autopsy.
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder is a range of birth defects associated with
prenatal alcohol exposure. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most
serious form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Infants with FAS are
prone to death because of various physical abnormalities.
The Journal of
Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine - The effect of prenatal
alcohol co-exposure on neonatal abstinence syndrome in infants born
to mothers in opioid maintenance treatment
This study
examined the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on the
incidence and severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).
Canadian
Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice - Experiences
in the Canadian Criminal Justice System for Individuals with Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Double Jeopardy?
The study explored
the experiences of individuals in the criminal justice system with a
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in order to identify possible
ways to reduce the likelihood of re-entry into the criminal justice
system.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - The Influence of Extrinsic
Reinforcement on Children with Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Prenatal alcohol
exposure affects inhibitory control and other aspects of attention
and executive function. However, the efficacy of extrinsic
reinforcement on these behaviors has not been tested.
Addictive
behaviors - Which women are missed by primary health-care based
interventions for alcohol and drug use?
Women of
reproductive age who binge drink or have alcohol-related problem
symptoms (APS) and who do not use contraception are considered at
risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP).
Italian Journal of
Pediatrics - Association between alcohol consumption during
pregnancy and risks of congenital heart defects in offspring:
meta-analysis of epidemiological observational studies
To explore the
association between maternal alcohol consumption and/or binge
drinking and congenital heart defects (CHDs), we conducted a
meta-analysis for more sufficient evidence on this issue.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Klikk.no (Norway)
- Vet du hvor lite vin som skal til for å skade fosteret?
I boka «Helselære
for gravide og mødre» tar Jørgen Løvset til orde for at gravide
godt kan drikke litt vin: «Nytt i moderate mengder synes det ikke å
skade». (Bekymringen ved inntaket handler faktisk ikke om babyen der
inne, men at «magesekken er nokså ømfintlig i graviditeten»!)
(Greece) - Μήπως
είστε υποψήφια μητέρα υψηλού κινδύνου;
Eπιπλοκές
μπορεί να συμβούν εξαιτίας πολλών
παραγόντων - και όταν αυτοί υπάρχουν
πριν από την εγκυμοσύνη, τότε οι γιατροί
μιλούν για μια ''υποψήφια μητέρα υψηλού
κινδύνου''.
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