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Share Clear Messaging During Birth Defect Awareness Month to Help Prevent Lifelong Effects

Social Work Blog

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) can occur when a developing baby is exposed to alcohol before birth. January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, a call to action for social workers to share a key message: for a healthy pregnancy, it is safest to avoid alcohol, smoking, and other recreational drugs.

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Alcohol Use Linked to Breast and Other Cancers, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Social Work Blog

For women, alcohol use poses the additional risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Another study found that men and women who have one drink a day were 40% more likely than those who did not drink to develop mouth cancer.

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Five Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs)

Social Work Blog

Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental disabilities and birth defects that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. They are also at risk for trouble with the law, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders.

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September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month

Social Work Blog

Any alcohol use during pregnancy can cause a range of physical, behavioral, and learning problems in the baby known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Additional clinical resources from Collaborative members are also available: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Training and Resources.

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Social Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Social Work Blog

Article by Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager; and Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Senior Health Strategist; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. To learn more, visit NASW’s Behavioral Health page.

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Living with Bipolar Two Disorder by Cathy Shaw

Bipolar Bandit

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. During the depressive phases of my bipolar disorder I felt like my whole self had completely shut down.

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Guest Post: What My Hallucinations From Schizoaffective Disorder Feel Like by Katie Sanford

Bipolar Bandit

Side Note: Information about Schizoaffective Disorde r. After 13 years of living with schizoaffective disorder, hallucinations are a somewhat normal part of my life. This is called insight, but it’s not universal to all with psychosis, and it also may come and go. My first visual hallucination was early on in my disorder.

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