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There have been significant advances in assessment processes and diagnostic criteria since the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure were first described in the medical literature. However, a key issue that continues to plague the FASD field is a lack of agreement regarding terminology, and criteria for describing and diagnosing FASD. A significant opportunity exists for the FASD field to work together and utilise the best available evidence to advance an empirically based approach to FASD diagnosis.
- Date:
- February 2023
- Journal name:
- Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research
- Authors:
- Natasha Reid
Case commentary from 2016. It has been recognised for over a decade that Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), if not identified, can result in miscarriages of justice by reason of profoundly reducing the culpability, and on occasion even the responsibility, of criminal offenders. The potential for such disorders to result in the unreliability of admissions and confessions to police (which may be vital pieces of evidence against accused persons) had also been recognised in principle. However, the decision of the Privy Council in Pora v The Queen [2015] UKPC 9 provides an authoritative legal precedent for recognition of the fact that questioning by police has the potential to yield unreliable and confabulated confessions from persons with FASDs.
- Date:
- February 2016
- Journal name:
- Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
- Authors:
- Freckelton, I.
Case commentary from 2017. LCM was a child of 15 whose diagnosis of FASD was not made prior to his being sentenced for manslaughter. The diagnosis arrived at by a multidisciplinary team shortly before his appeal to the Western Australian Court of Appeal in LCM v The State of Western Australia [2016] WASCA 164 resulted in a significant reduction in his sentence.
- Date:
- August 2017
- Journal name:
- Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
- Authors:
- Freckelton, I.
This invited “Comment” piece in 2019 accompanied a landmark paper by Cook and colleagues (Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Aug;43(8):1727-1733. doi: 10.1111/acer.14121) which was the first study to demonstrate an association between hypertension and children and adolescents with a FASD. The authors highlight that although animals studies had demonstrated an association between prenatal alcohol exposure and high blood pressure, similar data was lacking in cohorts of people with a FASD diagnosis.
- Date:
- June 2019
- Journal name:
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 2019;43(10):2057-2059. doi:10.1111/acer.1417
- Authors:
- Moritz KM Reid N Akison LK
Access the article here The Conversation Natasha Reid
- Date:
- July 2020
- Journal name:
- The Conversation
- Authors:
- Natasha Reid
Prenatal alcohol exposure is important for every mother to consider. This article considers what women need to know...
A summary of the trial and implementation of the diagnostic instrument for FASD in Australia.
Results from the Lililwan project in Fitzroy Crossing reveal among the highest rates per capita of FAS or FASD in the world...
This article highlights the fact that around 40% of Australian women drink while pregnant and 10% reported binge drinking...
Young people need to be properly assessed for cognitive impairment or functional problems.