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The Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia.
A better understanding of the endocannabinoid system and a relaxation in regulatory control of cannabis globally has increased interest in the medicinal use of cannabinoid-based products (CBP). We provide a systematic review of the rationale and current clinical trial evidence for CBP in the treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents.
Neurodevelopmental impairments resulting from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can increase the likelihood of justice system involvement. This study compared offence characteristics in young people with FASD to demographically matched controls (n = 500) in Western Australia.
The etiology of autism spectrum disorders is unknown but there are claims of increasing prevalence in many countries.
Health professionals have an important role to play in preventing prenatal alcohol exposure
Recruiting control subjects who are representative of the population from which the cases are drawn is a challenge in case-control studies
Many birth defects surveillance programs ascertain cases of birth defects diagnosed beyond 1 year of age.
Association of pre-pregnancy weight, birth defects
Congenital anomalies--why bother?
After randomized, controlled trials established that consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during the early weeks of gestation reduces the risk...