Challenges of diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in foster and adopted children

• Published in: Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) Vol. 67; pp. 37 - 43
• Main Authors: Bakhireva, Ludmila N., Garrison, Laura, Shrestha, Shikhar, Sharkis, Janet, Miranda, Rajesh, Rogers, Karen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adopted children; Age; Alcohol use; Alcoholism; Alcohols; Children; Children & youth; Diagnosis; Disease control; Encephalopathy; Exposure; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Foster care; Foster children; Genotype & phenotype; Guardians; Intervention; Literature reviews; Maternal & child health; Medical diagnosis; Minority & ethnic groups; Pediatrics; Population; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Prenatal experience; Psychologists; Rehabilitation; School districts; Systematic review; United States > US; Texas; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Foster children; Diagnosis; Adopted children; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) might be 10–15 times more prevalent among foster/adopted children compared to the general population; however, many of these children remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. The lack of confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) may be a key barrier to diagnosis. O...