AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS vii
1. INTRODUCTION 1
Philip M Preece
SECTION 1. NEUROTERATOGENESIS – EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
2. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE DURING PREGNANCY 11
Ron Gray
3. NORMAL AND ABNORMAL EMBRYOGENESIS OF THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN
23
Kathy K Sulik, Shonagh K O'Leary-Moore, Elizabeth A Godin and Scott
E Parnell
SECTION 2. LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF MAJOR PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS
4. EPILEPSY IN PREGNANCY AND THE EFFECT OF PRENATAL
ANTIEPILEPTIC MEDICATION 44
Jill Clayton-Smith and Gus Baker
5. NEURODEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO ANTIDEPRESSANT AND
ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY 56
Irene Nulman, Sara Citron, Michelle Todorow and Elizabeth
Uleryk
SECTION 3. LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF DRUGS OF ABUSE
6. DIAGNOSIS OF FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME: EMPHASIS ON EARLY
DETECTION 85
Margaret Barrow and Edward P Riley
7. THE EFFECTS OF PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE ON BRAIN AND
BEHAVIOUR 108
Christie L McGee Petrenko and Edward P Riley
8. EFFECT OF DRUGS OF ABUSE ON THE FETUS: COCAINE AND OPIATES
INCLUDING HEROIN 130
Lynn T Singer and Sonia Minnes
9. CANNABIS USE DURING PREGNANCY: ITS EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING FROM
BIRTH TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD 153
Peter A Fried
10. IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO THE POPULAR 'RECREATIONAL' DRUGS MDMA
(ECSTASY) AND METHAMPHETAMINE (ICE, CRYSTAL): PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
169
Derek G Moore, John J D Turner, Julia E Goodwin, Sarah E Fulton,
Lynn T Singer and Andrew C Parrott
11. THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF
MATERNAL SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY 183
Kate E Pickett and Lauren S Wakschlag
SECTION 4. INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN PREGNANCY
12. MANAGEMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF PRENATAL DRUGS IN CHILDREN OF
DRUG-ABUSING PARENTS 197
Faye Macrory and Michael Murphy
13. PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR
ALCOHOL-ABUSING MOTHERS IN PREGNANCY 217
Ann P Streissguth and Therese M Grant
14. COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS TO AMELIORATE THE
EFFECTS OF FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS: PROMOTING POSITIVE OUTCOMES 234
Wendy O Kalberg and Julie Gelo
15. FETAL TERATOGEN SYNDROMES: PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS AND
MANAGEMENT 252
David J Bramble and Raja A S Mukherjee
16. RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT OF COMMON MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN
PREGNANCY: ADVICE FROM SPECIALIST AGENCIES 271
Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain and Philip M Preece
INDEX 280
COLOUR PLATE SECTION
Philip Preece is a consultant paediatrician with training in neurodisability. He manages a range of children with autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and learning difficulties. He has developed an interest in the outcome of infants exposed to prenatal drugs, both medicinal and recreational, as part of his work assessing children prior to adoption. Ed Riley served as Chair of the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effect. He currently serves as the Steering Committee Co-Chair of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence. He has been President of the Research Society on Alcohol, the Fetal Alcohol Study Group, and the Behavioral Teratology Society. He has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol , and is on the Editorial Boards of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research and the Psychological Record . He has received numerous awards for his scholarship and service, most recently the Research Society on Alcoholism Distinguished Researcher Award.
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