Fetal ethanol exposure during pregnancy – how big is the problem and how

In this issue of Acta Paediatrica, Taisto Sarkola and collaborators
describe and discuss risk markers of child maltreatment
in connection with parental alcohol/substance abuse
in Finland. They identify an array of factors associated with
increased risk of out-of-home custody care of the child. One
inescapable impression of their study is that the severity of
the parental addiction, together with the accompanying social
consequences of the addiction, distinctly determines the
risk for out-of-home care of the child.

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