Framework for alcohol policy in the WHO European Region

"All children and adolescents have the right to grow up in an
environment protected from the negative consequences
of alcohol consumption and, to the extent possible, from
the promotion of alcoholic beverages."

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Ny svensk rapport: Alkohol under graviditeten ledde till lägre utbildning och inkomst för barnen

Flera studier visar att det finns ett tydligt samband mellan en hög konsumtion av alkohol under graviditeten och spädbarns hälsa, beteende och inlärningsförmåga. Kunskapen om de långsiktiga konsekvenserna är dock bristfällig. Resultaten i rapporten tyder på att investeringar i barns hälsa redan i fosterstadiet har betydande effekter för utbildning och inkomster senare i livet.

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Hör en intervju med forskaren Peter Nilsson >>>

Ytterligare intervjuer, med barnläkare Magnus Landgren och studerande Karl Wittgard) ligger på FAS-föreningens hemsida. >>>

Seminar om FAS/FAE barn

Barn med skader av alkoholbruk i svangerskapet og behovene barna har for hjelp og tilrettelagte tiltak i hjem og skole er i fokus når vi inviterer til seminar 28 april i Sandefjord. Fosterforeldre/Adoptivforeldre og fagmiljø i fosterhjemsentraler / barnevern og skoler er blant de vi henvender oss til


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New Way To Screen Infants For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Suggested

Measuring the levels of FAEE in an infant's first bowel movement could be a useful method for identifying children at risk for FAS, which may make early intervention possible.
The study is reported in "Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters in Meconium are Associated with Poorer Neurodevelopmental Outcomes to Two Years of Age"

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Etiologic Classification of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Early reports have described symptoms similar to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that followed brain trauma or viral encephalitis, and recent MRI studies have demonstrated brain volumetric changes that may be involved in the pathophysiology of the syndrome. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic Statistical Manual, introduced in 1968, emphasizes symptomatic criteria in diagnosis. Here, an overview of environmental factors in the etiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is presented to encourage more emphasis and research on organic causal factors, preventive intervention, and specific therapies.

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Tools for Success Curriculum: Working With Youth With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the Juvenile Justice System

Welcome to the Tools for Success Curriculum: Working With Youth With Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the Juvenile Justice System (also called Tools for Success). This
curriculum was developed as a joint project of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence and
the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS). It is designed to help
professionals in the juvenile justice system recognize and address FASD.


U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention


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Differences in executive functioning in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

These results, which indicate that, although executive function deficits occurred in both clinical groups, the degree and pattern of deficit differed between the ALC (alcohol exposed group) and ADHD groups, may improve differential diagnosis. (JINS, 2008, 14, 119–129.)

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