Research is lacking on effective mental health and substance use treatment options for people with FASD

'This study reveals a huge gap in evidence-based practice...'

From Canada FASD Research Network:

“OTTAWA, November 17, 2020 – This week, a team of researchers and partners published findings that show a startling gap in the evidence about treatment for mental health and substance

Supporting Parent Carers’ Emotional Wellbeing: Guidance for Health, Education and Social Care Professionals. Can you help with this paper?

‘This is your job but this is our life.’ – Parent Carer

Paper by Joanna Griffin, Counselling Psychologist, Dr Emma Johnston, Clinical Psychologist, Jane Steeples, Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

Introduction

Parents of children who have special education needs or disabilities (SEND) or additional learn

Birth defects surveillance: atlas of selected congenital anomalies - WHO

'because of their severity and frequency, these depicted conditions have significant public health impact'

From their website: "This Atlas of selected congenital anomalies is a companion tool to Birth defects surveillance: a manual for programme managers, and is intended to help in the development,

The Effectiveness of Hippotherapy to Recover Gross Motor Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

By Laura De Guindos-Sanchez, David Lucena-Anton, Jose A. Moral-Munoz, Alejandro Salazar and Ines Carmona-Barrientos

Abstract: 'Cerebral palsy (CP) is a permanent disorder of the posture and movement, which can result in impairments of gross motor function, among others. Hippotherap

Sleep disorder drug modafinil linked to increased risk of birth defects

'This new advice is based on reports from a study conducted in the US, which observed 61 babies that were exposed to modafinil during pregnancy'

From Health Europa website: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a warning to people using the sleep disorder drug mod

The value of gene modifying therapy by RNA editing

From the website of RettSyndrome.org

"Gene modifying therapies as a whole offer great promise as potentially curative treatments for genetic disorders like Rett syndrome because they target such diseases at their root cause: genetic mutations.

"The most well studied gene modifying therapies rely on

5G – Bias and conflict of interest at the BBC (UK)

Paper by Annelie Fitzgerald , member of Safe Schools Information Technology Alliance (SSITA)

Extract:

'In addition to adverse impacts on human health, issues with 5G include privacy intrusions and increased surveillance, as well as harm to flora and fauna and the wider environment, e.g. through mor

kContact intervention offers support for birth parents of children in care - Report

-- kContact keeping contact between parents in children in care --

The kContact project team recently published a paper in the international journal Child Abuse & Neglect.

kContact is the largest trial to date testing the effectiveness of a contact intervention in the out-of-home car