Blue Mountains Gazette (Australia) - Bendigo researcher Kerryn Bagley raising awareness of
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
KERRYN Bagley was working as a child and adolescent counsellor when she met
a young child who she thought might have an acquired brain injury.
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Gisborne Herald
(New Zealand) - Alcohol during pregnancy has life-long costs
We are writing to wish you and all your readers a safe and relaxing Christmas
— and to remind everybody that when an unborn child is exposed to alcohol in
the womb, they are at high-risk of developing a serious disability, Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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Brinkwire - Experts
advise that alcohol impairs brain growth and dignity, from the cradle to the
grave
The evidence for the deleterious effects of alcohol were persuasive, but
now experts were able to pinpoint three main stages in life when the effects of
alcohol are likely to be severe.
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March of Dimes
(USA) - JANUARY IS NATIONAL BIRTH DEFECTS PREVENTION MONTH
Birth defects are structural changes that affect one or more parts of the
body (e.g. heart, brain, foot). They develop most often during the first three
months of pregnancy, when a baby’s organs are forming and can cause problems in
overall health, how the body develops and functions.
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Public Ethics - Should
Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy Be Recorded on The Child’s Health Record?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term for a range of
conditions that can result from drinking during pregnancy. It can include
physical, mental and behavioural problems, including life-long learning
disabilities.
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VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
NAMI North Carolina - Thursdays with NAMI, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -
December 3, 2020
This edition includes two dynamic individuals, Myles Himmelreich and Kathy
Hotelling. Myles grew up living with FASD. He was bounced around in Canada’s
foster system until the age of 3, when he found his forever home with the
Himmelreich family.
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FASD Awareness - FASD
Awareness #BeAware
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Spotlight on FASD
- Podcast Season 2, Episode 1 - Nick and Sharon Tassone, Setting up CAMP - A
FASD Community
We're back! Happy New Year and welcome to Season 2 of Spotlight on FASD!
This week we're chatting to Nick & Sharon Tassone, the wonderful,
determined and motivated mother and son duo who co-founded CAMP- A FASD
Community.
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CDC - Birth
Defects Surveillance Toolkit
The Birth Defects Surveillance Toolkit serves as a resource for those
looking to establish or enhance a surveillance programme for birth defects. It
provides an overview of the purpose and importance of these types of
programmes, and serves as a companion for planning, implementing, and
evaluating a programme.
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Proof Alliance NC
- Videos & Podcasts
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CBC - FASD and
the Justice System
People living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - or FASD - all too
often get involved in the justice system, as victims or witnesses of crimes, or
sometimes as perpetrators.
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RESEARCH
Drug and Alcohol Dependence - The prevalence, child characteristics, and
maternal risk factors for the continuum of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A
sixth population-based study in the same South African community
Seventeen years after the first study in this community, FASD prevalence
remains high at 16 %-31 %. The FAS rate may have declined somewhat, but rates
of PFAS and ARND seemed to plateau, at a high rate.
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Current Addiction
Reports - Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
Activity of the Offspring in Humans: a Systematic Review
In children/adolescents, the normal cortisol circadian rhythm is altered in
PAE participants with a FASD diagnosis, who show increased evening cortisol
levels. These findings support the programming effects of alcohol on the HPA
stress system.
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Molecular
Neurobiology - Ethanol Gestational Exposure Impairs Vascular Development and
Endothelial Potential to Control BBB-Associated Astrocyte Function in the
Developing Cerebral Cortex
Ethanol consumption during pregnancy or lactation period can induce permanent
damage to the development of the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
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Child Abuse &
Neglect - Characterizing adverse childhood experiences among children and
adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Children and adolescents with PAE experience high rates of early adversity.
Practice and policy initiatives are needed to improve early detection of ACEs
among children with PAE and PAE among children with ACEs.
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Journal of Mental
Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and
Autism Spectrum Disorder in 39 Children and Adults: Examination of Behavioural
and Cognitive Profiles
Overall, the ASD+PAE group had a more complex and severe presentation of
symptoms. The relationship between ASD, FASD, and PAE as well as the value of
providing an ASD diagnosis in the context of PAE are discussed.
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British Journal
of Nutrition - Differential Effects of Maternal Diets on Birth Outcomes and
Metabolic Parameters in Rats After Ethanol Consumption during Pregnancy
While the long-lasting effects of these outcomes are unknown, this study
highlights the importance of maternal diet quality for maternal health and
infant growth, and suggests that maternal nutrition intervention may be a
potential target for alleviating FASD.
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psyarxiv.com - Corticostriatal
deficits underlying cognitive impairments induced by fetal exposure to alcohol
The term Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) includes a group of diseases
caused by fetal exposure to alcohol (FAE). FASD patients display heterogenous
socio-emotional and cognitive deficits, particularly in the domain of executive
function, which share symptoms with other neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Drug and Alcohol
Dependence - Health, social and legal outcomes of individuals with diagnosed
or at risk for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Canadian example
Individuals with FASD demonstrate a significant need for access to mental
health and addiction services, especially among those with involvement in the
child welfare and criminal justice systems.
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Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Executive and Social Functioning Across
Development in Children and Adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
These findings support previous research on EF/SF deficits in adolescents with
PAE while also addressing a gap in the literature concerning early childhood
research on this topic.
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Massey University
- Setting up for success : a qualitative study on teachers of students with
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Teaching is a stressful and emotionally challenging profession with high
attrition, effecting positive outcomes for students.
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Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - You Didn’t Drink during Pregnancy, Did
You?
Self‐reported quantity of alcohol use varies greatly based on type of questions
asked. Brief targeted questions about maximum number of drinks in 24 hours and
total number of drinks at the most recent drinking episode provide much higher
estimates of alcohol use and thus might be less affected by self‐reporting
bias.
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Substance Abuse
Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Various forms of alcohol use and their
predictors among pregnant women in post conflict northern Uganda: a cross
sectional study
This study indicates that alcohol use (any mount) during pregnancy is high
while alcohol dependence, problematic and hazardous drinking is low. Knowledge
and attitude were important predictors of alcohol use.
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Addiction - Pregnancy,
partners and alcohol warning labels
Wilkinson & Ritter [1] provide a thought‐provoking commentary on
substance use harm to others (HTO) research, policy and stigmatization of
vulnerable populations. Of particular interest was a detected challenge of sorts,
apparently aimed at researchers and advocates engaged in public health alcohol
policy.
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Plos one - Consumption
of alcohol and binge drinking among pregnant women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
Prevalence and determinant factors
This study found a high level of alcohol consumption among pregnant women.
Interventions to create awareness on the harmful effects of alcohol are needed.
Moreover, strengthening social support during pregnancy and family planning
services to reduce unplanned pregnancy and abortion should be considered.
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La Clinica
Terapeutica - Challenges for Midwives’ Healthcare Practice in the Next
Decade: COVID-19 – Global Climate Changes – Aging and Pregnancy – Gestational
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol assumption during pregnancy is responsible for serious damage to
the fetus causing a wide range of pathological conditions related to Fetal
Alcoholic Spectrum Disorder, leading cause of mental retardation in children of
western countries.
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IN OTHER
LANGUAGES
OX.pl (Poland) - Polski Instytut FASD rozkręca się w Ustroniu
Zafascynowani pomaganiem dzieciom, których matki piły alkohol w czasie
cięży, otworzyli Polski Instytut FASD. Instytut działa od kilku miesięcy w
centrum Ustronia, ale temat FAS w naszym powiecie przewija się już od jakiegoś
czasu.
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Spektrum (Germany)
- Welche Folgen hat Alkohol in der Schwangerschaft?
Manche Frauen meinen, ein Gläschen Sekt oder ein paar Schlucke Glühwein
würden dem Baby in ihrem Bauch schon nicht schaden. Für das Gehirn des
Ungeborenen können aber bereits kleine Mengen Alkohol schwer wiegende Folgen
haben. Welche, das beantworten wir in unserer FAQ.
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Uusi Suomi
(Finland) - Alkoholismin kieltäminen, Pertti ”Purtsi”
Purhonen ja FASD-lapset
Onneksi Suomessa on paljon parantuneita ei-juovia alkoholisteja. Ongelma on
siinä, että alkoholismi, joka usein on pitkäaikainen sairaus juuri vaikenemisen
vuoksi, on ehtinyt vuosien aikana tuhota alkoholistin elämää ja heidän
läheistensä elämää.
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