Alcohol, Pregnancy and the Developing Child

This authoritative 1996 publication was the first to review comprehensively the important relationship between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child, and the results of this damage during the development of affected children. It includes important contributions by leading and internationally acclaimed clinicians and researchers. The first part of the book discusses clinical issues of alcohol teratogenicity, the clinical picture of fetal alcohol syndrome, and the epidemiology of maternal alcohol abuse and the developmental outcome of the children. The second part addresses pathogenesis and neuropathology, whilst part three reviews developmental issues in the growing child. The final part evaluates approaches to rehabilitation and intervention, and reviews social and public health issues. This comprehensive account will be of interest to gynaecologists, obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists and paediatricians, and for child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists. Review of the hardback: ' ... atrractively presented ... authoritative ... the first to provide a comprehensive review'. Pediatric and Developmental PathologyPreface H.-L. Spohr and H.-C. Steinhausen; Foreword R. Zetterstrom; Part I. Clinical Issues: Alcohol teratogenicity in humans: critical periods, thresholds, specificity and vulnerability J. E. Whitty and R. J. Sokol; Clinical symptoms in patients with fetal alcohol syndrome F. Majewski; Alcohol use during pregnancy and its effects on developmental outcome M. Kaminski and B. Larroque; Part II. Pathogenesis and Neuropathology: Risk factors and pathogenesis E. L. Abel and J. Hannigan; Animal models for the study of alcohol related birth defects J. H. Hannigan and E. L. Abel; Neuropathology in experimental Fetal Alcohol Syndrome L. C. Band and J. R. West; Neuropathology in human Fetal Alcohol Syndrome G. Stoltenburg-Didinger; Part III. Developmental Issues: A dose-response study of the enduring effects of prenatal alcohol exposure: birth - 14 years A. P. Streissguth, F. L. Bookstein, and A. M. Barr; Effects of fetal alcohol exposure on early cognitive development I. Autti-Ramo and M. L. Granstrom; The implications of attachment theory for the socioemotional development of children exposed to alcohol prenatally M. J. O'Connor; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in adolescence: long-term perspective of children diagnosed in infancy H. L. Spohr; Psychopathology and cognitive functioning in children with FAS H.-C. Steinhaussen; Part IV. Intervention: Rehabilitation approaches for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome B. A. Morse and L. Weiner; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: a framework for successful prevention L. Weiner and B. Morse; Social and public health aspects of alcohol abuse in pregnancy A.-M. Nybo Andersen and J. Olsen; Index.