Psychiatric comorbidity in foetal alcohol syndrome

Mukherjee, Raja; Hollins, Sheila; Turk, Jeremy

doi:10.1192/pb.30.5.194-c

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“…This finding is especially relevant to adopters proposing to adopt young children or babies, since few of them will have developed problems at the time of being placed (Autti-Ra¨mo¨, 2002;Mukherjee, Hollins and Turk, 2006b;Mukherjee, et al, 2013;O'Leary, 2004;Riley and McGee, 2005;Sood, et al, 2001).…”

Section: Adoption Reportsmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Consideration must be given to what advice and information is given to potential adopters and adoptive parents need access to assessment and long-term support, if appropriate at any time in the future. This finding is especially relevant to adopters proposing to adopt young children or babies, since few of them will have developed problems at the time of being placed (Autti-Ra¨mo¨, 2002;Mukherjee, Hollins and Turk, 2006b;Mukherjee, et al, 2013;O'Leary, 2004;Riley and McGee, 2005;Sood, et al, 2001).…”

Section: Adoption Reportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Identifying children who are at risk of FASD in Peterborough: working in a community clinic without access to gold standard diagnosis

Gregory

Reddy²,

Young

2015

Adoption & Fostering

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The number of UK children seen with complex behaviour difficulties where there is a history of exposure to alcohol and/or drugs prenatally appears to be increasing at an alarming rate. Community paediatricians work with vulnerable children and also act as medical advisers to adoption panels, so they have a unique overview of the unmet needs of looked after children affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). This article reports on two simple audits of children seen in a community paediatric clinic setting. The first audit counted the number of children seen during a period of two-and-a-half years between April 2010 and August 2013, where there was a clear prenatal history of alcohol exposure. This audit also specifically looked at how many of these children might have Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or FASD. Seventy-two children were given such a diagnosis within the time frame. The second audit reported on children looked after and children put forward for adoption during a 12-month period from January 2013 to December 2013. It reported a history of prenatal exposure in 55 out of 160 health assessments for looked after children (34%) and in 34 out of 45 medicals for adoption (75%).

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Section: Adoption Reportsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Adoption Reportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identifying children who are at risk of FASD in Peterborough: working in a community clinic without access to gold standard diagnosis

Gregory

Reddy²,

Young

2015

Adoption & Fostering

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“…Based upon questions raised in previous research and a smaller pilot conducted by our group (Mukherjee, Hollins, & Turk, 2006), a series of seven questions about alcohol strength and volume were presented (Table 1). Basic information found on many current U.K. bottles containing alcohol-namely, percentage of alcohol and volume-was provided to assess individuals' accuracy in calculating the number of units found in each drink.…”

Section: Questionnaire Designmentioning

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Estimation of alcohol content of wine, beer and spirits to evaluate exposure risk in pregnancy: Pilot study using a questionnaire and pouring task in England

Mukherjee

Wray

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Aims: Research has shown varying results regarding safe consumption levels of alcohol during pregnancy. We argued in 2005 that an individual's inability to accurately predict her alcohol consumption may be one factor influencing risk. In order to reevaluate within the England, this study sought to assess the current knowledge of the public and of healthcare practitioners.Design: Both alcohol-knowledge questionnaires and pouring tasks were conducted using standardised ethical-committeeapproved methods.Settings: Different sites across England, including Surrey, London, Oxford and Wigan, where FASD support groups are based.Participants: Health professionals and the general public, self-selecting in response to advertisement. Measurements:Frequency data and categorical data was collected and analysed using SPSS version 18. Findings:In total, 1,265 questionnaires were completed (688 public and 577 professionals). One hundred-forty people completed the pouring task. People's ability to calculate accurately from strength and volume was within 20% of the accurate figure for units, although with a wide range. Conclusions:These findings support the hypothesis that when pouring their own drinks, individuals are poor at estimating each drink's alcohol content. This has implications for public health strategies. Glass size and the level of alcohol concentration have different implications in different countries. For those drinking during pregnancy, however, the message that "no exposure is no risk" remains true.

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“…Prenatal alcohol exposure can have very disabling outcomes for alcohol-exposed children and their families due to the interaction between psychosocial risk factors (Mukarjee et al, 2006), cognitive deficits, and neuropsychiatric sequelae ( O'Malley 2011b). In addition to a higher prevalence of chronic exposure to domestic violence, neglect, child abuse, adjudicated youth have higher rates of psychiatric illness, learning disabilities, and academic failure.…”

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confidence: 99%