Local 8 Now (USA) - UT to get $1.5
million to study fetal alcohol syndrome
The University of
Tennessee has received a $1.5 million grant to study the role of
genetics in fetal alcohol syndrome.
New York Times
(New Zealand) - New Zealand to Pay Record Amount to Wrongfully
Convicted Man
In a
government-commissioned report, former Judge Rodney Hansen said Pora
was lured into the confession by the prospect of a reward and because
his judgment and thinking were "befuddled" from the fetal
alcohol syndrome he suffers from.
Washington Times
(USA) - MOMS program helps pregnant women get off drugs, alcohol
Maryha Kelly isn’t
shy about her past. Born into a fractured family where drug abuse was
prevalent, she started using at 17 years old - and struggled to get
clean during her first two pregnancies.
onmanorama - Heal
Thy Self | How to ensure your unborn baby’s mental health...
We have long been
accustomed to thinking of the unborn baby as being secure and
protected in the muc...
Nevada Business
Magazine - The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judges (NCJFCJ) Assists Legal Professionals with Understanding Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
The National
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) has released a
new guide to assist judges and the legal community in understanding
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
CTV News - Higher
autism prevalence in children prenatally exposed to alcohol: pilot
study
A new pilot study
found that the prevalence of autism among children prenatally exposed
to alcohol was significantly higher than the prevalence in the
overall Canadian population.
The Guardian -
Infant mental health: the four essential questions
The brain grows
during the first two years of life at a tremendous rate – at the
age of two, 80% of the brain has developed – and so those early
years are critical. It is a unique, special time when so many
emotional responses are learnt and, if it goes wrong, we spend the
next 20 years trying to correct.
Australian
Broadcasting Corporation (Australia) - Calls for more support for
children in care affected by FASD
There are calls
for more to be done to help children with foetal alcohol spectrum
disorders who are in state care. Research suggests 17 per cent of
children in out of home care could have FAS-D, a range of conditions
caused by exposure to alcohol in the womb.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
National Council
of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders: Implications for Juvenile and Family Court Judges
This technical
assistance brief is a publication of the National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), prepared as part of a project
jointly funded under an interagency agreement (IAA) between the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National
Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of
Justice.
FASD Network -
Living with FASD
Spring/Summer 2016
Edition
Jodee Kulp - 10
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FASD
Russell Family
Fetal Alcohol Disorders Association - Fasd and sleep disorders
FASD and poor
sleep go hand in hand. Find out why and suggestions that might work
for your child
Oregon Behavior
Consultation - Helping People with FASD Process What We Are Saying
(First Steps)
One of the more
difficult things to remember when supporting a person with FASD is
that they are almost certainly having difficulty understanding and
remembering what you are saying. This video talks about why this is,
and gives caregivers some basic first-steps in creating effective
interactions.
RESEARCH
The European
Journal of Health Economics - Societal costs of fetal alcohol
syndrome in Sweden
The annual total
societal cost of FAS was estimated at €76,000 per child (0–17
years) and €110,000 per adult (18–74 years), corresponding to
€1.6 billion per year in the Swedish population using a prevalence
of FAS of 0.2 %.
Midvifery Journal
- Sympathy, shame, and few solutions: News media portrayals of
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
the interrelated
frames of sympathy and shame may confuse readers, as they
inconsistently hold different parties responsible for the impact of
FASD. Media portrayals that encourage women to refrain from alcohol
consumption during pregnancy might be more useful than stigmatising
and isolating those who do.
Sleep Medicine -
Sleep and melatonin secretion abnormalities in children and
adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Caregivers
describe significant sleep disturbances in the vast majority of
children and adolescents with a diagnosis with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD), but objective data on sleep disorders in this
population is almost completely lacking.
Journal of
Neuroimmune Pharmacology - Effects of Moderate Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure during Early Gestation in Rats on Inflammation across the
Maternal-Fetal-Immune Interface and Later-Life Immune Function in the
Offspring
During early brain
development, microglial activation can negatively impact long-term
neuroimmune and cognitive outcomes. It is well-known that significant
alcohol exposure during early gestation results in a number of
cognitive deficits associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASD).
Concordia
University - The Many
Diagnostic Tools of FASD
FASD
– fetal alcohol spectrum disorder – is caused by consumption of
alcohol while pregnant and is constantly under investigation.
Metabolic
Brain Disease - Reduced
glutamate in white matter of male neonates exposed to alcohol in
utero: a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
In
utero exposure to alcohol leads to a spectrum of fetal alcohol
related disorders (FASD). However, few studies used have used proton
magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) to understand how
neurochemical disturbances relate to the pathophysiology of FASD.
University
of Cape Town - Multimodal
neuroimaging and early neurobehavioral and developmental correlates
of alcohol-exposed infants in Cape Town
This
thesis explored the relative impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on
the brain in infants as measured by multimodal brain imaging and the
relationship of these findings to early neurobehavioral and
developmental status.
Canadian
Journal of Disability Studies - Risky
Bodies: Allocation of Risk and Responsibility within Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Prevention Campaigns
In
this qualitative case study, using data from 23 semi-structured
interviews with those in charge of managing FASD and document
analysis, I examine discourses invoked within FASD prevention and
awareness campaigns deployed by the province of Alberta, Canada.
St.
Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues - FILLING
THE CRACKS: WHY PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS FETAL
ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Francis
was born with intellectual and developmental disabilities because his
mother consumed alcohol while she was pregnant. A loving family
adopted Francis when he was three, at a time when medical
professionals knew little about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD).
Child
Neuropsychology - Parent
rating of executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A
review of the literature and new data on Aboriginal Canadian children
Aboriginal
children in Canada are at high risk of fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder (FASD) but there is little research on the cognitive impact
of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in this population.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Party.pl (Poland)
- Wpływ alkoholu na plemniki – niska jakość nasienia i
alkoholowy zespół płodowy
Regularne picie
alkoholu przez ojców obniża liczbę plemników zdolnych do
zapłodnienia. Podnosi także ryzyko wystąpienia poważnych zaburzeń
rozwojowych u dzieci. Alkoholowy zespół płodowy pijący mężczyźni
przekazują potomstwu razem z nasieniem. Skutkuje to licznymi wadami
somatycznymi oraz neurologicznymi płodu.
Wochenblatt.de
(Germany) - 2.000 alkoholgeschädigte Babys kommen jedes Jahre in
Bayern auf die Welt
Bayerns
Gesundheitsministerin Melanie Huml hat werdende Mütter eindringlich
vor Alkoholkonsum gewarnt.
Zeitschrift für
Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie – Fetale
Alkoholspektrumstörungen – Diagnose, neuropsychologische Testung
und symptomorientierte Förderung
Laut den aktuellen
Studien zur Gesundheit in Deutschland (GEDA) haben knapp 20 % der
schwangeren Frauen einen „moderaten Alkoholkonsum“ und knapp 8 %
einen riskanten Alkoholkonsum.
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