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Risks of maternal antidepressant use not as severe as once thought
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30218
Subject(s) - antidepressant , psychiatry , citation , pregnancy , psychopharmacology , psychology , medicine , anxiety , computer science , library science , biology , genetics
Contrary to previous research that antidepressant use in early pregnancy increases the risk of autism and attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, a large‐scale analysis led by University of Indiana researchers found fewer risks than previously thought from exposure to antidepressant medications during the initial stages of pregnancy.