Michael R Baldwin1. 1. Behavioral Services Division, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA mrbaldwin@southcentralfoundation.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To present a clinical case report and provide a review of the available literature on fetal alcohol syndrome and the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and suicidality to highlight important implications for providers. STUDY DESIGN: A case report and literature review. RESULTS: Almost 6% of adolescents evaluated by the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders diagnostic clinic at the Alaska Native Medical Center had been seen for self-harm related consultation. CONCLUSIONS: Persons with the fetal alcohol syndrome and the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, as a result of their disability, demonstrate characteristics or features that are commonly thought to be risk factors for suicide-such as mental illness, alcohol and other drug abuse, impulsivity, history of trauma or abuse, and employment and relationship/social difficulties. These persons may experience mental health problems, including suicidal ideation and attempts, over the course of their life times.
OBJECTIVES: To present a clinical case report and provide a review of the available literature on fetal alcohol syndrome and the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and suicidality to highlight important implications for providers. STUDY DESIGN: A case report and literature review. RESULTS: Almost 6% of adolescents evaluated by the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders diagnostic clinic at the Alaska Native Medical Center had been seen for self-harm related consultation. CONCLUSIONS:Persons with the fetal alcohol syndrome and the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, as a result of their disability, demonstrate characteristics or features that are commonly thought to be risk factors for suicide-such as mental illness, alcohol and other drug abuse, impulsivity, history of trauma or abuse, and employment and relationship/social difficulties. These persons may experience mental health problems, including suicidal ideation and attempts, over the course of their life times.
Authors: Julie A Kable; Mary J O'Connor; Heather Carmichael Olson; Blair Paley; Sarah N Mattson; Sally M Anderson; Edward P Riley Journal: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev Date: 2016-04
Authors: Marni Brownell; Jennifer E Enns; Ana Hanlon-Dearman; Dan Chateau; Wanda Phillips-Beck; Deepa Singal; Leonard MacWilliam; Sally Longstaffe; Ab Chudley; Brenda Elias; Noralou Roos Journal: Can J Psychiatry Date: 2018-12-30 Impact factor: 4.356