Alcoholism

This publication answers some of the questions often asked about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and how it affects peoples’ behaviour, their ability to learn and interact with others.

Substance use during pregnancy can profoundly affect the earliest stages of human development and have longer term harmful effects that carry into early childhood and beyond. This article lists risks associated with alcohol drinking and using drugs by pregnant women.

This publication helps with self-analyzing your substance use behaviour and noticing patterns. It also provides several tools  to help you to understand reasons for drinking alcohol or using drugs  and to change your behaviour.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centers in the area of addiction and mental health. The website provides information about a range of mental disorders and other associated topics. There is also a list of programs and services offered to people affected by mental illness or addiction.

Information on risks related to alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the prenatal alcohol exposure the can lead to birth defects and cause a range of developmental, cognitive, and behavioural problems, which can appear during childhood and last a lifetime.

This web page contains easy-to-read material for the public covering a wide range of alcohol-related topics including brochures and factsheets.