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Substance using women with FASD and FASD prevention : Substance using women with Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention

25 Feb 2011

Substance Using Women with FASD and FASD Prevention A Literature Review on Promising Approaches in Substance Use Treatment and Care for Women with FASD prepared by Karen Gelb and Deborah Rutman January 2011 inside front cover blank Substance Using Women with FASD and FASD Prevention A Literature Review on Promising Approaches in Substance Use Treatment and Care for Women with FASD prepared by Kare [...] And yet, despite this, relatively and about the individual and collective needs of little is known about women with FASD and their this group of women, it is very difficult to offer experiences, both in relation to substance use, and in tailored and responsive services that provide effective their attempts to access care related to their substance prevention and treatment. [...] Strengths In addition to the lifelong challenges and effects of FASD, it is important to emphasize the strengths The invisibility of FASD contributes and abilities of people with FASD. [...] This disproportionate focus can result in heavily Illustrating the possible variation in findings skewed data on the prevalence of FASD within both depending on the questions asked, the timing of the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations (Tait survey, and the definitions of terms, the CCHS (2000- 2003). [...] Given the risk of abuse among persons with an FASD and substance abuse problems, it is likely Adding further depth to our understanding of the that clients with an FASD will have a history of experiences of the lives of women with FASD, in her A LITERATURE REVIEW ON TREATMENT AND CARE 17 abuse.
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Authors

Gelb, Karen, Rutman, Deborah

ISBN
9781550584387
Pages
48
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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