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Alcohol, Pregnancy and the Developing Child: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
	Creators: Hans-ludwig Spohr, Hans-christoph Steinhausen Publisher: Cambridge University Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$120.00~~ Buy New: $23.48 You Save: $96.52 (80%) New (6) Used (6) from $23.48 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 2003419 Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Pages: 325 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9 Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.9 ISBN: 0521564263 Dewey Decimal Number: 618.32 EAN: 9780521564267 ASIN: 0521564263 Publication Date: August 28, 1996 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available


Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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 intervention while reviewing social and public health issues. Book Description 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.