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Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders
Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are underdiagnosed in general treatment settings. Among the factors involved in identifying the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure are (1) the evidence for prenatal alcohol exposure; (2) the effects of the postnatal, caregiving environmen...
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23580040 |
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description | Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are underdiagnosed in general treatment settings. Among the factors involved in identifying the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure are (1) the evidence for prenatal alcohol exposure; (2) the effects of the postnatal, caregiving environment; (3) comorbidities; and (4) differential diagnosis, which includes identifying the neurodevelopmental effects of alcohol and discriminating these effects from those characterizing other conditions. This article reviews findings on the neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal alcohol exposure, including learning and memory, motor and sensory/motor effects, visual/spatial skills, and executive functioning and effortful control. Encouraging clinicians to discriminate the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure from other conditions may require more education and training but ultimately will improve outcomes for affected children. |
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spelling | pubmed-38605482014-01-13 Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders Coles, Claire D. Alcohol Res Health Articles Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are underdiagnosed in general treatment settings. Among the factors involved in identifying the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure are (1) the evidence for prenatal alcohol exposure; (2) the effects of the postnatal, caregiving environment; (3) comorbidities; and (4) differential diagnosis, which includes identifying the neurodevelopmental effects of alcohol and discriminating these effects from those characterizing other conditions. This article reviews findings on the neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal alcohol exposure, including learning and memory, motor and sensory/motor effects, visual/spatial skills, and executive functioning and effortful control. Encouraging clinicians to discriminate the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure from other conditions may require more education and training but ultimately will improve outcomes for affected children. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3860548/ /pubmed/23580040 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Unless otherwise noted in the text, all material appearing in this journal is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. |
spellingShingle | Articles Coles, Claire D. Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders |
title | Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders |
title_full | Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders |
title_fullStr | Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders |
title_full_unstemmed | Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders |
title_short | Discriminating the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure From Other Behavioral and Learning Disorders |
title_sort | discriminating the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure from other behavioral and learning disorders |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23580040 |
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