PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: List Of Greyhawk Characters, Antiparasitic, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Fetal alcohol syndrome (fas) and fetal alcohol effects (fas/e) Are clusters of abnormalities shown by children whose mothers drank during pregnancy. Karen, a young canadian adult with fas, had to overcome challenges with lower-than- leading cause of mental retardation average iq, immature social and emotional functioning, and susceptibility to persistently repeating specific behaviors. Key factor to successful development with fas is unobtrusive supervision by peer mentors, older unaffected siblings, adult friends and social services staff especially during adolescence. Fas was identified during 1970s by jan lutke. Once alcohol enters a fetus bloodstream, it remains there in high concentrations for long periods of time, causing brain damage and harming other body organs. Pregnancy tests detect human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone only produced by fetuses. Women are born with a finite number of eggs but men can produce new sperm through their lifespan. Gestation -prenatal period of development, between conception and birth: normal range of gestation is between 37 and 41 weeks.
