Amy Sheehan (6 Feb 2020) Health experts warn Aussie drinking culture is causing hidden epidemic in children. ABC Sunshine Coast.
Indigenous people get jails instead of help they need.
Niigaan Sinclair (5 Feb 2020) Opinion: Indigenous people get jails instead of help they need.
Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD.
University of Rochester, Newscenter (3 Feb 2020) Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD.
Prague Morning. (3 Feb 2020) One in Seven Czechs Adults is Alcoholic Study Says. The average Czech drinks 14.4 liters of pure alcohol a year, which is twice as much as the global average with Czech men consuming four times more alcohol than women, according to a poll conducted by leading research agency MEDIAN for […]
Canada’s growing Indigenous prison population ‘a national travesty’.
Ian Mulgrew (29 Jan 2020) Canada’s growing Indigenous prison population ‘a national travesty’. “…73 per cent of the men and 80 per cent of the women have the criteria for qualifying for a current mental disorder, 29 require follow-up with mental health services, 25 per cent have some kind of cognitive deficit, 10 to 23 […]
Tide turns on wave of alcohol-based abuse when access is restricted.
Fitzpatrick J (9 January 2020) Tide turns on wave of alcohol-based abuse when access is restricted. Commentary in The Australian.
Alcohol industry and health information.
Maani N Dr & Pettigrew M Prof. (14 January 2020) Alcohol industry and health information. Opinion piece in The Irish Times
Ophthalmological findings in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders – A cohort study from childhood to adulthood.
Gyllencreutz E, et al. (January 2020) Ophthalmological findings in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders – A cohort study from childhood to adulthood. The most common refractive error was astigmatism. In children with FASD, ophthalmological findings like refractive errors, strabismus, and fundus abnormalities are frequent and continue into early adulthood. The characteristic facial features of FAS diminish […]
Adults in the N.W.T. can soon get diagnosed at a new FASD clinic
Kyle K (3 December 2019) Adults in the N.W.T. can soon get diagnosed at a new FASD clinic. “We’ve missed a huge population of people,” said Shawna Pound, the territory’s adult FASD program co-ordinator. CBC News, Canada.
The types of alcohol Australians are drinking
Prodanovic D (3 December 2019) Roy Morgan: Spirits consumption increasing. “Looking at the types of alcohol Australians are drinking, spirits is one of the stronger categories over the last few years with consumption increasing from 25.9 per cent in 2014 to 26.7 per cent [5,234,000] as of September 2019,” said Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine. […]
