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Exposing a developing embryo or fetus to alcohol can produce life
long brain damage with neurological, cognitive and behavioural
consequences. The implications of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
for the affected individual and the family are devastating. The
social and economic burden to society is enormous with formidable
expenditures in health care, mental health care, education, social
services and possibly correctional services. Prevention has been a
goal since the condition was medically described and defined forty
years ago, but has remained elusive but feasible. This book reviews
the evidence for effective strategies. It lays out what needs to be
done. The book should be of great value to policy makers,
clinicians, researchers and others advocating for action against
this condition that is reducing the potential of our society and
sapping its resources.
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