Neuropsychological disorders in children exposed to alcohol during pregnancy: a follow-up study of 24 children to alcoholic mothers in Göteborg, Sweden.

• This paper reports on a follow-up study of 24 children to alcoholic mothers at 12 to 14 years of age. The mothers were offered support to help them stop drinking during pregnancy and was grouped to time point of instituted sobriety. Six of the 24 children attended a school for the mentally retarded, and 11 children had some kind of special education. The children have difficulties in mathematics, logical conclusions, visual perception, spatial relations, and short-range memory/attention. Sixteen children were in fostercare. A clear correlation between the occurrence and severity of neuropsychological problems and the degree of alcohol exposure in utero was found.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

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Adolescent

Alcohol Drinking

Adverse effects

Alcoholism

Rehabilitation

Brain Damage

Chronic

Diagnosis

Psychology

Child

Child Behavior Disorders

diagnosis

Psychology

Child of Impaired Parents

Psychology

Child

Preschool

Dose-Response Relationship

Drug

Education

Special

Female

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Diagnosis

Psychology

Follow-Up Studies

Gestational Age

Humans

Infant

Infant

Newborn

Learning Disorders

diagnosis

Psychology

Mental Retardation

Diagnosis

Psychology

Neuropsychological Tests

Pregnancy

Prospective Studies

Sweden

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