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Maternal panic disorder, GAD do not cause pregnancy or birth complications
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30288
Subject(s) - panic disorder , generalized anxiety disorder , medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , panic , low birth weight , anxiety , psychiatry , cohort , birth weight , pediatrics , genetics , biology
A cohort study involving pregnant women has concluded that the presence of maternal panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) does not contribute to maternal or neonatal complications such as preterm birth or low birth weight. The study did find that women's use of benzodiazepines or serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) during pregnancy was associated with some complications of mainly minimal severity.