Identification Of At-risk Drinking And Intervention With Women Of Childbearing Age A Guide For Primary-care Providers

Provides clinicians with office-based screening & intervention protocols to reduce drinking in women of childbearing age & to prevent maternal alcohol use during the perinatal period. Also provides a protocol for the detection of fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol-related birth defects, & alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder. Alcohol use disorders adversely affect at least 10% of women & at least as many family members. The goal of this guide is to increase clinician detection & treatment of women of childbearing age who are adversely affected by alcohol before they become pregnant, & to minimize fetal damage in at-risk women who are pregnant. Illustrated.Fleming, Michael is the author of 'Identification Of At-risk Drinking And Intervention With Women Of Childbearing Age A Guide For Primary-care Providers', published 1999 under ISBN 9780756710361 and ISBN 0756710367.