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As a new report says Scotland needs a long-term plan for helping health professionals identify foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), Michael Alexander speaks to a Fife mother who has first-hand experience of the “carnage” it can cause.
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ABC (Australia) -
Experts say earlier FASD diagnosis a key step in tackling Alice Springs
youth crime wave
For Warlpiri man Lachlan Sharpe, the Alice Springs youth crime crisis is
much more than children causing chaos on the streets.
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News24 (South
Africa) - Understanding FASD
In preparation for the holiday season Reality Learning SA, based in Strand
and managed by Bernadette Duddy and her team, donated their time and knowledge
to educate some of the Sir Lowry’s Pass residents on the lifelong effects of
alcohol on an unborn child.
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Undark Magazine -
For Children With Fetal Alcohol Exposure, A Gap in Support
WHEN SANDY BAGWELL began fostering a three-week-old baby in 2019, she knew
there was a chance he might have been exposed to drugs or alcohol in the womb.
His birth mother, Bagwell said, had struggled with substance use disorders for
years.
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Medium - FASD
Is the Remains When Alcohol Roils a Pregnancy
Children bear the brunt of unwise actions as they lie helpless in the womb,
bombarded by a poison that will mark them for life.
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CDC - Alcohol
Use, Screening, and Brief Intervention Among Pregnant Persons — 24 U.S.
Jurisdictions, 2017 and 2019
In 2017 and 2019, during their most recent health care visit, 80% of
pregnant persons reported being asked about their alcohol use; only 16% of
those with past 30-day alcohol consumption were advised by a health care
provider to quit or reduce their alcohol use.
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University of
Salford (UK) - SALFORD RESEARCH GROUP RATED AS TOP EXPERTS IN THE UK
The SalfordFASD team based in the School of Health and Society at the
University of Salford has been ranked as the research group with the most
expertise on foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in the UK.
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CanFASD Blog (Canada)
- New Resource: Plain Language Guide for the UNCRPD
Human Rights are a universal standard to make sure all people have the
opportunity to live with dignity and freedom from fear of harassment and
discrimination.
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Dalgarno
Institute (USA) - Most Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Are
Prescribed Psychotropic Medications
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are characterized by problems within 3
domains: self-regulation, neurocognition, and adaptive skills. In the US, it is
estimated that 1–5% of children meet criteria for FASD.
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UPCOMING
A.FASD - A.FASD Conference (April 6-7, 2023)
A.FASD invites you to a unique conference on Madagascar between
professionals from Africa to discuss addiction and alcohol during pregnancy.
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University of
Salford (UK) - FASD in the UK: Building on 20 years of progress (30th March
2023)
The University of Salford, in association with NHS GM and National
Organisation for FASD, will be hosting a one-day conference on Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD), to celebrate the progress made in knowledge and
understanding of the condition in the UK in over the past twenty years and to
highlight the current priorities.
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FASportalen – FOKUS
FAS (February 9-10, 2023)
Välkommen till två lärorika dagar om alkoholrelaterade fosterskador,
FAS/FASD, och de livslånga konsekvenserna för dem som drabbas. Uppskattningsvis
föds årligen 1000 barn med FASD i Sverige.
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VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Short Takes With NIAAA: What Are Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Learn about the range of physical and neurodevelopmental effects that can
result from alcohol exposure before birth. For more information, visit
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/.
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Central Jersey
Family Health Consortium - FASD Lunch and Learn Recording
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Educational
Psychology Reach-Out - FASD: The Parent Perspective & Role of
Educational Psychologists with Dr Rebecca Griffiths
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La Trobe Living
with Disability Research Centre - Little and often
This video explains the fourth essential of Active Support – Little and
often. Active Support is a way of assisting people with intellectual
disabilities to engage in meaningful activities and social interactions.
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FASD United - Yes
You Can! Welcome to 2023…
A new year with a great core message. People with FASD are capable and
resilient, and so we want to introduce a new campaign inspired by the word
cloud created by Dr. Christie Petrenko, researcher and advocate, describing the
positive attributes of people with FASD. Welcome to 2023 and welcome to “Yes I
Can!”
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RESEARCH
The Lancet Public Health - Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and obstetric and
birth outcomes: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 2018
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with adverse obstetric and birth
outcomes and high proportions of maternal low educational level, psychiatric
disease, and lifestyle risk behaviours. These findings highlight a need for
holistic public health programmes and policy attention on improving
pre-conceptional care and antenatal care.
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The Lancet Public
Health - Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish
nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 2018
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with an overall increased
risk of child morbidities and previously unrecognised alcohol-related health
problems. Prenatal alcohol exposure is a key public health issue with a
potential negative impact on child and adolescent health.
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The Lancet Public
Health - Effect of alcohol during pregnancy: a public health issue
Alcohol is a known teratogen and associated with a range of adverse
outcomes for pregnant women and children exposed in utero. The most prominent
of these is known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Alcohol Use:
Assessment, Withdrawal Management, Treatment and Therapy - Alcohol Use
During Pregnancy and Its Impacts on a Child’s Life
This chapter provides further background on FASD and then outlines the
diagnostic process and why it is so challenging.
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Women's Health - Supportive
alcohol policy as a key element of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention
In Canada, a Four-Part Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Prevention has been developed that describes a continuum of multi-sectoral
efforts, including broad awareness campaigns, safe and respectful conversations
around pregnancy and alcohol use, and holistic and wraparound support services
for pregnant and postpartum women with alcohol, and other health and social
concerns.
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Children - Evaluating
the Difference in Neuropsychological Profiles of Individuals with FASD Based on
the Number of Sentinel Facial Features: A Service Evaluation of the FASD UK
National Clinic Database
It might be implied that those with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
with fewer sentinel facial features have a “milder” neuropsychological
presentation, or present with fewer impairments than those with more sentinel
facial features.
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International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - The Changes in the
Level of Knowledge about the Effects of Alcohol Use during Pregnancy among
Three Last Generations of Women in Poland
Since 1973, when the term Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) was introduced, a
major impact has been put on raising awareness about the negative effects of
prenatal alcohol exposure.
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Cells - Synaptic
Plasticity Abnormalities in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
The brain’s ability to strengthen or weaken synaptic connections is often
termed synaptic plasticity. It has been shown to function in brain remodeling
following different types of brain damage (e.g., drugs of abuse, alcohol use
disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and inflammatory conditions).
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Pediatric
Research - Fetal anemia and elevated hepcidin in a mouse model of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder
These data confirm and extend prior observations that PAE disrupts maternal
and fetal iron metabolism and impairs the fetus’s ability to regulate iron
status.
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Children - Development
and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study
The diagnostic process for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) involves
a multi-disciplinary team and includes neurodevelopmental, physical, and facial
assessments and evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure during the index
pregnancy.
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The American
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - Folate administration ameliorates
neurobehavioral effects of prenatal ethanol exposure
Folate administration should be considered as a preventive or acute
treatment to attenuate the neurobehavioral effects of PEE.
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Acta
Neuropsychiatrica - Associations between community-level patterns of
prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure on brain structure in a non-clinical
sample of 6-year-old children: a South African pilot study
The current small study utilized prospective data collection of patterns of
prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure (PAE and PTE) to examine associations
with structural brain outcomes in 6-year-olds, and served as a pilot to
determine the value of prospective data describing community-level patterns of PAE
and PTE in a non-clinical sample of children.
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Journal of EMDR
Practice - The Effects of EMDR Therapy on Pregnant Clients With Substance
Use Disorders: A Narrative, Scoping Literature Review
This narrative scoping literature review explores a significant clinical
population, pregnant women with co-occurring substance misuse, through the lens
of adaptive information processing and the potential for eye movement
desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy intervention.
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Antioxidants - Impact
of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on the Development and Myocardium of Adult Mice:
Morphometric Changes, Transcriptional Modulation of Genes Related to Cardiac
Dysfunction, and Antioxidant Cardioprotection
In summary, PAE animals presented morphometric changes, transcription of
cardiac dysfunction-related genes, and increased antioxidant protection in the
myocardium.
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MMWR. Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report - Alcohol Use, Screening, and Brief Intervention
Among Pregnant Persons — 24 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2017 and 2019
In 2017 and 2019, during their most recent health care visit, 80% of
pregnant persons reported being asked about their alcohol use; only 16% of
those with past 30-day alcohol consumption were advised by a health care
provider to quit or reduce their alcohol use.
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IN OTHER
LANGUAGES
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Germany) - Folgen von Alkohol in der Schwangerschaft
Schon als Kind ist Tim auffällig, ihm fällt das Lernen schwer. Auch später
hat er Probleme, sein Leben zu organisieren, muss ins Gefängnis. Erst mit
Anfang 30 bekommt er die für sich wohl rettende Diagnose: Er hat das fetale
Alkoholsyndrom (FASD).
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Gıda Hattı
(Tyrkie) - Fetal alkol sendromu hakkında temel bilgiler
Fetal alkol spektrum bozuklukları (FASD'ler), doğumdan önce alkole maruz
kalan bir kişide meydana gelebilecek bir grup klinik durum olarak tanımlanıyor.
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Kinderaerzte-im-Netz
(Germany) - Alkohol in der Schwangerschaft verändert die Gehirnstruktur des
Babys
Eine aktuelle Studie konnte mittels Magnetresonanztomografie zeigen, dass
Alkoholkonsum während der Schwangerschaft selbst in geringen bis mäßigen Mengen
die Gehirnstruktur des Babys verändern und die Gehirnentwicklung verzögern
kann.
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EIX Diari (Spain)
- Trastorn de l’Espectre Alcohòlic Fetal
Quan parlem dels trastorns de l’espectre de l’alcoholisme fetal (TEAF, en
anglès FASD) ho fem del conjunt de problemes que pateix una persona si la seva
mare ha begut alcohol durant l’embaràs
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