SPECIAL REMINDER - European
Conference on FASD 2016 in just ONE MONTH
This conference brings together
academics, educators, non-governmental organisations and charities,
legislators and politicians, lawyers and individuals involved in the
criminal justice system, birth and adoptive families alongside
individuals who themselves have FASD; shared learning will help
promote the understanding of this disorder in the UK, Europe and
internationally.
NEWS and ARTICLES
Holyrood.com (Scotland) - Zika virus
is not the birth defect risk Scotland should be most worried about
Alcohol, not the
Zika virus, is the Olympian challenge for Scotland when it comes to
the brain development of babies, according to prevention author Dr
Jonathan Sher.
National Institutes of Health (USA) -
NIH releases improved guidelines for diagnosing fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder
A group of experts
on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), organized by the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), has produced
proposed clinical guidelines for diagnosing FASD, which can result
when a mother drinks during pregnancy.
Monitor - Fetal
alcohol syndrome focus of convicted murderer’s hearing
An Hidalgo County
district judge is considering whether a man found guilty of
decapitating three children should be taken off death row.
Post-Bulletin -
Mother speaks out against drinking during pregnancy
Sometimes
bystanders are curious when they see Tiffany Morgan's 8-year-old
daughter have a meltdown at the playground.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Revealed, exactly how drinking, smoking and illegal drugs can harm
your unborn baby
It's widely known
using tobacco, alcohol, cocaine and heroin while pregnant can be
extremely harmful to the health of an unborn child. For example,
drinking during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of stillbirth,
miscarriage or cerebral palsy.
Regina Leader-Post
- A different approach: The struggle to deal with FASD in the
justice system
A young Myles
Himmelreich called on every ounce of self-control he possessed each
time he walked past. And he succeeded — until that fateful day
several other students dared him.
Courier Mail
(Australia) - Opinion: We failed these children the moment they
were arrested
AFTER video
evidence of the abuse of children in custody in the Northern
Territory was broadcast to a shocked nation, reports began surfacing
about incidents in juvenile detention centres in Queensland.
Alaska Dispatch
News - Who looks out for the babies of parents ruled by their
demons?
A 22-year-old
Anchorage woman was recently charged with killing her 4-month-old
daughter. The mother was found, about three hours after the baby's
body was found, drunk and having consensual sex in a park.
RESEARCH
BMC Public Health
- “Did you ever drink more?” A detailed description of
pregnant women’s drinking patterns
This paper
presents drinking patterns in a prospective study of a
population-based cohort of 1570 pregnant women using a combination of
dose and timing to give best estimates of prenatal alcohol exposure
(PAE). Novel assessments include women’s special occasion drinking
and alcohol use prior to pregnancy recognition.
Neuropathology of
Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse - Cortical Morphology in
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Insights from Computational
Neuroimaging
Prenatal alcohol
exposure is a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders. Both
brain growth and structural organization can be strongly affected
(Guerri, Bazinet, & Riley, 2009), resulting in fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD).
Experimental Brain
Research - Cortical miscommunication after prenatal exposure to
alcohol
We report on the
effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on resting-state brain activity
as measured by magnetoencephalography (MEG). We studied 37 subjects
diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in one of three
categories: fetal alcohol syndrome, partial fetal alcohol syndrome,
and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder.
The NADD Bulletin
- The Road Ahead: New Developments in the Field of Substance Use
in Individuals with Intellectual Disability
Substance use
among individuals with intellectual disability (ID) has gained
increasing attention
over the past
decade.
Journal of Family
Medicine and Disease Prevention - High Rates of Neurobehavioral
Disorder Associated with Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol among African
Americans Driven by the Plethora of Liquor Stores in the Community
After nearly half
a century of treating low-income, AfricanAmerican psychiatric
patients for a variety of disorders, one single fact has repeatedly
proven to be true –”risk factors are not predictive
factors because of
protective factors”.
Neuropharmacology
- Ethanol-induced changes in poly (ADP ribose) polymerase and
neuronal developmental gene expression
Prenatal alcohol
exposure has profound effects on neuronal growth and development.
Poly-ADP Ribose Polymerase (PARP) enzymes are perhaps unique in the
field of epigenetics in that they directly participate in histone
modifications, transcription factor modifications, DNA
methylation/demethylation and are highly inducible by ethanol.
Sexual Offender
Treatment - Perceptions of FASD by Civil Commitment Professionals:
A Pilot Survey
The cognitive
impairments characteristic of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
result in an increased likelihood of engaging in sexually
inappropriate behavior and becoming involved in the criminal justice
system.
Asia-Pacific
Psychiatry - Alcohol consumption, smoking, and drug use in
pregnancy: Prevalence and risk factors in Southern Thailand
In this study, we
investigated the prevalence of substance use and associated factors
in pregnant women receiving antenatal care in public hospitals in
Thailand.
Psychiatr. Pol. -
Validation of the Polish Version of the Washington 4-Digit
Diagnostic Code for the Assessment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders
The aim of this
paper is a quantitative assessment of FASD facial phenotype in the
Polish population using the Polish version of the 4-Digit Diagnostic
Code.
Behavioural Brain
Research - Behavioral deficits induced by third-trimester
equivalent alcohol exposure in male C57BL/6J mice are not associated
with reduced adult hippocampal neurogenesis but are still rescued
with voluntary exercise
Prenatal alcohol
exposure can produce permanent alterations in brain structure and
profound behavioral deficits. Mouse models can help discover
mechanisms and identify potentially useful interventions.
OKLAHOMA STATE
UNIVERSITY - Eating behavior in children with fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders: A mixed methods study
Secondary to
associated physical defects, global behavioral problems, and
co-occurring diagnoses, studies suggest there are problems with
nutrition and eating in children with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASDs); however, there is limited research on the effects
of prenatal alcohol exposure on childhood eating behavior.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
mittelhessen.de
(Germany) - Null Alkohol für Schwangere
WETZLAR Null
Alkohol in der Schwangerschaft - das soll so selbstverständlich
werden, so fest im gesellschaftlichen Bewusstsein verankert sein wie
das Autofahren mit Gurt oder das morgendliche Zähneputzen.
RP ONLINE
(Germany) - Benefizkonzert für Kinder mit fetalem Alkoholsyndrom
"Eintracht"
Birgelen und "Wassenjazz" geben Konzert zugunsten der FASD.
Der Vorverkauf hat begonnen.
Phụ nữ news
(Vietnam) - 6 loại thức uống cực độc gây dị tật
cho thai nhi mẹ không được uống dù chỉ 1 lần
Mẹ bầu có
biết, có những loại nước uống gây dị tật thai nhi mà
các mẹ vẫn thường dùng hằng ngày hay không? Nếu muỗn
con chào đời khỏe mạnh, mẹ hãy dừng thói quen uống
các loại nước sau đây!
eLuban.pl (Poland)
- Pijana urodziła dziecko
Mieszkanka powiatu
lwóweckiego będąca w ciąży trafiła do szpitala w Jeleniej
Górze, gdzie będąc pod wpływem alkoholu urodziła dziecko.
Noworodek w organizmie miał ponad pół promila alkoholu. Zgodnie z
procedurą dyrekcja szpitala o całej sprawie powiadomiła policję i
prokuraturę.
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