FASD Hope is a podcast series about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), from the lens of parent advocates with over eighteen years of lived experience. 

June is Book Month on FASD Hope, to shine a light on a variety of authors in the FASD Community. Episodes 63 and 64 highlight Dr. Susan Rich. Dr. Susan Rich is a Child / Adolescent Psychiatrist and a champion in the field of FASD Clinical work and research. In addition to her psychiatric and clinical work in FASD, she also holds a Master's Degree in Public Health. Dr. Rich's life work is in the evaluation and treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND-PAE), autism-related issues and individuals with histories of complex trauma, institutional, adoption, foster care and adjudication. Dr. Rich has been certified as an expert in a number of capital habeas cases and provides forensic evaluations and clinical reports for several death penalty pre-trial hearings and appeal trials. Dr. Rich is the author of "The Silent Epidemic: A Child Psychiatrist's Journey Beyond Death Row" (2016).

In the first part of this two part episode, Dr. Rich discusses the following: her professional background and what led her to work in the FASD field, how society needs to normalize sobriety, her book "The Silent Epidemic: A Child Psychiatrist's Journey Beyond Death Row" and what she wants readers to take away from her book. 

EPISODE RESOURCES -

Dr. Susan Rich - 

https://www.susandrich.com/index.html

"The Silent Epidemic: A Child Psychiatrist's Journey Beyond Death Row"

https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Epidemic-Psychiatrists-Understanding-Neurodevelopmental/dp/1483448819/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2KWRK86785H8&dchild=1&keywords=the+silent+epidemic&qid=1624666339&s=books&sprefix=The+Silent+Epidemic+%2Caps%2C395&sr=1-5

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