According to a coronial inquest, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is a major problem contibuting to mental health problems and suicide among WA’s youth.

While we’ve long been aware that pregnancy drinking and resulting foetal alcohol spectrum disorder leads to facial and physical abnormalities in the child, we only now becoming aware of the link to youth suicide.

The inquest was investigating a cluster of youth suicides in WA’s far north. Of the 13 youths who committed suicide, five were children between the ages of 10 and 13.  Read more at http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/07/04/pregnant-drinking-linked-youth-deaths