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New DSM diagnosis proposed for prenatal alcohol exposure
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30175
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , prenatal alcohol exposure , fetal alcohol syndrome , alcohol , prenatal exposure , fetal alcohol , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , pregnancy , obstetrics , clinical psychology , cognition , gestation , genetics , chemistry , biology , biochemistry
While fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a well‐established diagnosis, children and adolescents who do not have the syndrome but have been affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol may have brain damage resulting in impairments of neurocognition, self‐regulation, and adaptive functioning, according to researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).