Alcohol, Pregnancy and the Developing Child

A 1996 review of the relation between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child.

Hans-Ludwig Spohr (Edited by), Hans-Christoph Steinhausen (Edited by)

9780521282345, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 2011

326 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.7 cm, 0.52 kg

Review of the hardback: ' … atrractively presented … authoritative … the first to provide a comprehensive review'. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

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.

Preface 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-Rämo and M. L. Granström
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.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]