Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) topic includes research on the health effects of alcohol exposure to the fetus during pregnancy and the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of FASD.

FASD covers a range of physical, cognitive, and behavioral disorders, including Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, partial FAS, alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder, alcohol-related birth defect, and neurobehavioral disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.

Alcohol can disrupt prenatal development even before a woman knows she is pregnant. FASD effects are varied, from global intellectual impairment to impulse control problems, poor social skills, or even gross or fine motor delay. Individuals are affected differently, some with minor impairments, others with a lifelong developmental disability.