This ambitious text offers an international multidisciplinary perspective on all issues involved in our current understanding of alcohol use by women before, during and after birth, and its effects on child development and wellbeing, and society. The contributors, all experts in their field, examine the issue through the lens of midwifery and obstetrics , neonatology and paediatrics, neurology, psychiatry and psychology, epidemiology and anthropology, oncology, nutrition and pharmacology. It also covers legal aspects, alcohol services and social and mental health factors. All information is drawn from the latest evidence base.
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A full media campaign is planned to cover aspects of the book that directly affect public conceptions and misconceptions of the use of alcohol among women of child-bearing age, pregnant women and new mothers. This is in addition to promotion of the book to healthcare professionals in many relevant disciplines.
Foreword
About the Editors
Other contributors to this book
List of abbreviations
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 Overview of alcohol use during the perinatal
period
Chapter 2 Epidemiology of perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 3 International variations in alcohol consumption
guidelines
Part II: Detection of perinatal
alcohol use
Chapter 4 The use of questionnaires
Chapter 5 The use of biomarkers
Part II: Influences on perinatal
alcohol use
Chapter 6 Risk factors for perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 7 Social factors in perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 8 Mental health and perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 9 Diet and nutrition and alcohol use
Part III: Medical aspects of perinatal
alcohol use
Chapter 10 Food preference during the perinatal period and
their interactions
with alcohol
Chapter 11 Interactions [ of alcohol] with other drugs
Chapter 12 Teratogenic aspects of perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 13 Neurological consequences for mothers
Chapter 14 Neurological consequences for babies
Chapter 15 Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder
Chapter 16 The impact of alcohol use on breastfeeding
Part IV: Interventions for
perinatal alcohol use
Chapter 17 Treatment approaches
Chapter 18 Detoxification for alcohol dependency
Part V: Professional perspectives
Chapter 19 Midwives
Chapter 20 Obstetricians
Chapter 21 Psychiatrists
Chapter 22 Psychologists
Chapter 23 Neonatologists
Chapter 24 Paediatricians
Chapter 25 Anthropologists
Chapter 26 Legal professionals
Chapter 27 Multidisciplinary management
Part VI: Conclusions
Chapter 28 Concluding remarks
Index
Professor Colin R Martin
Chartered Health Psychologist and Scientist, Professor Martin is currently the Clinical Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Suffolk University and a Professor of Clinical Psychobiology and Applied Psychoneuroimmunology, who also runs a diverse programme of international research. As a clinician, he specialised in drug and alcohol abuse; and as a researcher he has a special interest in the psychobiological interface between physical illness and mental health, particularly maternal and perinatal mental health, to which end he developed the internationally recommended clinical tool for assessing maternal birth satisfaction (the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)). He has a huge volume of published work, with more than 300 research papers to his name and over 40 books, spanning neurological diseases, developmental and cognitive disorders, mental health, nutrition and brain function and viral diseases such as Covid and Zika.
Dr Alena Lochmannova
Dr Lochmannova is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Care Studies at the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic, where she was previously Vice Dean. She is a medical, social and cultural anthropologist and ethnologist, with a special interest in criminology and prison populations. with research covering inmate childbirth, body modification, hierarchies and extremism. She has published many papers on maternal health relating to perinatal health, postnatal depression, maternal health literacy, and the birth experience and culture of childbirth, in addition to papers on the rehabilitation of stroke patients and triage of casualties from mass accidents. The use of virtual reality in the education of healthcare professionals is another area of interests, where she has completed work on preparing paramedics for emergencies, the provision of first aid, culturally sensitive patient care, and aggression and violence in hospitals. She has published three books, on extremism among prisoners, the phenomenon of suicide, and the tattoo culture, and has made several appearances on radio and television, as well as delivering a talk for TEDx.
