CBC.ca (Canada) -
Yukon NDP promises better mental health care, support for FASD
Yukon's NDP is
promising to slash wait times for mental health care in half, within
two years of forming government.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Team to develop first medication guidelines for FASD
A team of
international experts at the University of Saskatchewan are meeting
today to discuss developing medication guidelines for fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder.
The Press (New
Zealand) - West Coast schools struggle with the behaviour of
children of P-addicted parents
Children born to
P-addicted parents are turning up to school with behavioural problems
and high-learning needs, stretching schools and social services, a
report has found.
EurekAlert -
Michael E. Charness honored for contributions to understanding
alcohol's impact
Michael E.
Charness, MD, professor of neurology and associate dean of veteran's
affairs at Boston University School of Medicine, was recently awarded
the 2016 Mark Keller Honorary Award from the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
Bend Bulletin
(USA) - New numbers prompt new warnings about drinking during
pregnancy
Women’s health
experts in Oregon say despite research that’s accumulated since the
1970s linking alcohol during pregnancy to birth defects, they’re
still seeing evidence of the practice, and will continue their
advocacy campaigns on the subject.
Read more
Adoptive Families
- "The Blank Spaces"
In this personal
essay, one woman describes her fears for her toddler's future based
on extensive prenatal alcohol exposure — but finds she can't be
angry at his birth mom.
RESEARCH
Drug
and Alcohol Dependence - The continuum of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders in a community in South Africa: Prevalence and
characteristics in a fifth sample.
Very high rates of
FASD continue in this community where entrenched practices of regular
binge drinking co-exist with challenging conditions for childbearing
and child development in a significant portion of the population.
Am J Psychiatry -
Perinatal Substance Abuse: At the Clinical Crossroads of Policy
and Practice
University of
Alberta - Mental Health Co-morbidity in Children and Adolescents
with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Children and
adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) present with
a
range of physical,
mental, behavioral, and cognitive challenges which can result in poor
longterm
outcomes.
eNeuro -
Developmental ethanol exposure leads to long-term deficits in
attention and its underlying prefrontal circuitry
Chronic prenatal
exposure to ethanol can lead to a spectrum of teratogenic outcomes
that are classified in humans as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD). One of the most prevalent and persistent neurocognitive
components of FASD is attention deficits, and it is now thought that
these attention deficits differ from traditional Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in their quality and response to
medication.
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD): an Approach to Effective Prevention
The objective of
the current contribution is to propose an evidence-based, six-step
approach to develop effective programs for prevention of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders.
International
Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices - Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study and Global Perspective on Foundations
of Inter-professional and Clinical Education
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASDs) may involve a combination of lifelong and
complex behavioral effects, physical defects, and learning
disabilities, in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth.
Archive of Disease
in Childhood - What can be done to lessen morbidity associated
with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?
Fetal alcohol
syndrome and its wider spectrum of presentation fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders represent a range of disorders that are sometimes
difficult to recognise as they may present in a way that overlaps
with other conditions.
Journal of
Pregnancy and Child Health - Use of Alcohol during Pregnancy in
France: Another French Paradox?
Drinking alcohol
during pregnancy in human may cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in
the worst cases or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) in the lightest cases.
FAS inevitably induce growth retardation, craniofacial as well as
congenital malformations and irreversible cognitive and behavioural
deficits in the children whereas FAE lack malformations but are still
accompanied by lifelong cognitive deficits.
The Clinical
Neuropsychologist - Preschool self regulation predicts later
mental health and educational achievement in very preterm and
typically developing children
Early assessment
of regulation in addition to behavioral screening may improve the
early identification of preschool children at mental health risk.
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - The Detection of Fetal Alcohol
Exposure by FAEEs Meconium Analysis
Fetal alcohol
exposure can be assessed either retrospectively by directly asking
mothers or reliable informants through structured interviews and
screening questionnaires or actually by measuring biomarkers of
alcohol consumption in pregnancy or in the perinatal phase.
Brain Science -
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Progenitor Cell Numbers in
Olfactory Bulbs and Dentate Gyrus of Vervet Monkeys
Fetal alcohol
exposure (FAE) alters hippocampal cell numbers in rodents and
primates, and this may be due, in part, to a reduction in the number
or migration of neuronal progenitor cells.
Genomics Data -
Gene expression in the mouse brain following early pregnancy
exposure to ethanol
Exposure to
alcohol during early embryonic or fetal development has been linked
with a variety of adverse outcomes, the most common of which are
structural and functional abnormalities of the central nervous
system.
The Brown
University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update - New
diagnosis proposed for disorder associated with prenatal alcohol
exposure
While fetal
alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a well-established diagnosis, children and
adolescents who do not have the syndrome but have been affected by
prenatal exposure to alcohol may have brain damage resulting in
impairments of neurocognition, self-regulation, and adaptive
functioning, according to experts from the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP).
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Onetz.de (Germany)
- Ein kleiner Schluck macht doch nichts oder?!
Ein kleiner
Schluck macht doch nichts, oder? Falsch. Jedes Jahr kommen allein in
Deutschland rund 10 000 Kinder mit Schädigungen zur Welt, die auf
den Alkoholkonsum der Mutter während der Schwangerschaft
zurückzuführen sind.
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