Alcohol, Pregnancy and the Developing Child [Paperback]

A 1996 review of the relation between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child.This authoritative new publication deals with the relationship between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child as well as the long-term consequences of this damage for the development of affected children. The internationally acclaimed team of contributors provides a timely and much-needed summary of the long-term prenatal effects of maternal alcohol abuse. This comprehensive account will be invaluable for gynaecologists, obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists and paediatricians, and for child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists.This authoritative new publication deals with the relationship between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child as well as the long-term consequences of this damage for the development of affected children. The internationally acclaimed team of contributors provides a timely and much-needed summary of the long-term prenatal effects of maternal alcohol abuse. This comprehensive account will be invaluable for gynaecologists, obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists and paediatricians, and for child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists.This authoritative new publication comprehensively reviews the important relationship between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child, as well as the results of this damage during the child's development. The first part of the book discusses clinical issues of alcohol-related fetal malformation, the clinical picture of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the epidemiology of maternal alcohol abuse, and the developmental outcome of the affected children. The second part addresses pathogenesis and neuropathology. Part Three reviews developmental issues of the growing affected child. The final part evaluates approaches to rehabilitation and intervelҼ