Full Description
This ambitious text offers an international
multidisciplinary perspective on all issues involved in our current
understanding of alcohol use by women before, during and after birth, and its effects
on child development and wellbeing, and society. The contributors, all experts
in their field, examine the issue through the lens of midwifery and obstetrics , neonatology and paediatrics,
neurology, psychiatry and psychology, epidemiology and anthropology, oncology, nutrition
and pharmacology. It also covers legal aspects, alcohol services and social and
mental health factors. All information is drawn from the latest evidence base.
Contents
Foreword
About the Editors
Other contributors to this book
List of abbreviations
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 Overview of alcohol use during the perinatal period
Chapter 2 Epidemiology of perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 3 International variations in alcohol consumption
guidelines
Part II: Detection of perinatal
alcohol use
Chapter 4 The use of questionnaires
Chapter 5 The use of biomarkers
Part II: Influences on perinatal
alcohol use
Chapter 6 Risk factors for perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 7 Social factors in perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 8 Mental health and perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 9 Diet and nutrition and alcohol use
Part III: Medical aspects of perinatal
alcohol use
Chapter 10 Food preference during the perinatal period and their interactions
with alcohol
Chapter 11 Interactions [of alcohol] with other drugs
Chapter 12 Teratogenic aspects of perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 13 Neurological consequences for mothers
Chapter 14 Neurological consequences for babies
Chapter 15 Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder
Chapter 16 The impact of alcohol use on breastfeeding
Part IV: Interventions for
perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 17 Treatment approaches
Chapter 18 Detoxification for alcohol dependency
Part V: Professional perspectives
Chapter 19 Midwives
Chapter 20 Obstetricians
Chapter 21 Psychiatrists
Chapter 22 Psychologists
Chapter 23 Neonatologists
Chapter 24 Paediatricians
Chapter 25 Anthropologists
Chapter 26 Legal professionals
Chapter 27 Multidisciplinary management
Part VI: Conclusions
Chapter 28 Concluding remarks
Index
