National FASD UK (18 Nov 2020) Best Practice in FASD Training
Best practice in FASD Training
December 3, 2020
Category: Europe
New Website: Me and MY FASD
December 3, 2020
Me and MY FASD https://fasd.me/
172,000 innocent victims of Scotland’s problem drinking
March 6, 2019
Judith Duffy (March 3 2019) ‘172,000 innocent victims of Scotland’s problem drinking.’ Sunday Post (Dundee). In Press Reader
Guidance on fetal alcohol syndrome aims to improve diagnosis and treatment in Scotland
February 4, 2019
Wise J (Jan 24 2019) ‘Guidance on fetal alcohol syndrome aims to improve diagnosis and treatment in Scotland’ British Medical Journal. ‘Guidelines to help doctors diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder have been published by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network,1 the first in the UK to cover the disorder.’
Pregnancy Reduces the Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder Among Women and Their Partners.
February 4, 2019
Ranger, L (Jan 17 2019) Pregnancy Reduces the Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder Among Women and Their Partners.’ Psychiatry Advisor
FASD Awareness South East UK
January 25, 2019
First UK estimates of children who could have conditions caused by drinking in pregnancy
December 9, 2018
EurekAlert: The Global Source for Science News (November 2018) Up to 17 per cent of children could have symptoms consistent with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) according to new research published in Preventive Medicine. Read article here…
United Kingdom: A cup half full or half empty? A reflection on 15 years working with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
October 29, 2018
Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health UK. Dr Raja Mukherjee started the first NHS based specialist Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders behavioural clinic and since then has seen over 150 cases for specialist second opinion. He completed his PhD on the subject of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in 2014. He has also acted as an invited advisor to the BMA board of science, The Department of Health and the World Health Organisation on the subject of FASD. Dr Mukherjee also gave evidence to the first All Party Parlimentary Group on FASD at the House of commons. Dr Mukherjee is also Clinical lead for adult Autism Services for SABP provides diagnostic services to Surrey, Hampshire and Portsmouth. Read more here…
Only one in three pregnant women in Switzerland stops drinking
September 10, 2018
Swissinfo.ch (7 September 2018) Read more here…
Ireland takes aim at prenatal alcohol exposure
September 10, 2018
Givetash, L. (9 September 2018) “I treat it as the last taboo. I think alcohol is so interwoven into our society it’s hard to know where to begin.” NBC News Read article here…