Knotted Cord

Transgenerational Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND)

Kieran D O'Malley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62808-712-3 (ISBN)

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The title of the book harks back to Michael Dorris's seminal work The Broken Cord (1987) which eloquently brought this hidden' population into the light. However, the metaphorical umbilical cord is not truly broken, and the unique neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure will continue to be one ghost in our delivery rooms, nurseries, and lives which haunts us. Why a different knot'? Because management becomes knotted with the origins of the infant's prenatal life, whether they are birthed, fostered, adopted, either same culture or inter-country adopted. The knot' (as in Not it'), also speaks to medical professionals and society's continued ambivalence to acknowledging another inconvenient truth. Maternal drinking in pregnancy causes Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) whether dysmorphic, called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), or non dysmorphic, ARND itself. These are both transgenerational developmental psychiatric disorders. The prevalence of ARND continues to be under-recognised as it is mainly presented as a faceless 'hidden disability' (masquerading as ADHD, Mood Disorder or ASD), rather than a facial dysmorphic disorder. The subtle denial and minimisation of transgenerational alcohol abuse is aided only by diagnosing the far less frequent dysmorphic ARND (FAS). This creates a false security across social classes concerning alcohol's true transgenerational epigenetic effect. Thus, the real financial costs and health care burden of trans-generational ARND , with an international prevalence of 1 in 100 live births, is avoided.

Kieran D. O'Malley (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Charlemont Clinic, Dublin, Ireland)

Brief Biography of Dr Kieran D OMalley; Synopsis; Prologue; Irelands Toxic Romance with Alcohol; The Stigma of Transgenerational Alcohol; The Ethical Dilemma of Diagnosing and Managing ARND; The Scientific Thinking That Underpins Transgenerational ARND; Where Do You Begin the Diagnostic Process? Thats The Question!; The Phenotype of Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND); The Natural History of ARND: A Window into the Future; A Broader Approach to Management; Multimodal Management No. 11: Medical Medication Management; The Systems of Care Approach to Management; Postscript; Epilogue; References; Practical Strategies for Managing Children/Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Including FAS or ARND; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	606 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-62808-712-9 / 1628087129
ISBN-13	978-1-62808-712-3 / 9781628087123
Zustand	Neuware