Assessment and diagnosis of FASD among adults : Évaluation et le diagnostic de l'ETCAF chez les adultes : un examen systématique à l'échelle nationale et internationale

We focused on both Canadian and international literature, using the following process: 1. Conduct a systematic search and assembly of Canadian and select international, empirical and qualitative literature and data on the assessment and diagnosis of adults for the impact of in utero exposure to alcohol. [...] The Canadian guidelines retained the standards of the 4-Digit Diagnostic Code and the spectrum terminology of FASD from the U. S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) model. [...] Assessment and Diagnosis of FASD Among Adults 5 Since FASD has been identified as a health concern in Canada and other countries, the need to address the issue across the lifespan falls within the practice framework of health, social services and the community. [...] Gideon Koren and colleagues, has been a leading resource in relation to the diagnosis of children and in the development of the International Journal of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (now entitled the Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Incorporating Fetal Alcohol Research). [...] The of the parental alcoholic intoxication on the report’s focus was on the alcohol and drug use of physical and psychological development of Canadians over the age of 15, and reported that young children” [written in Paris, France, 1957].