Identification of At-Risk Drinking and Intervention with Women of ChildbearingAge: A Guide for Primary-Care Providers

摘要

This guide provides clinicians with office-based screening and interventionprotocols to reduce drinking in women of childbearing age and to prevent maternal alcohol use during the perinatal period. A protocol is also provided for the detection of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD), and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND). One of the most common clinical problems in medicine, alcohol use disorders adversely affect at least 10 percent of women and at least as many family members. The goal of this guide is to increase clinician detection and treatment of women of childbearing age who are adversely affected by alcohol before they become pregnant, and to minimize fetal damage in at-risk women who are pregnant.