Open AccessPrenatal Methamphetamine Exposure: Effects on Child Development: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Lorenz Harst,
Stefanie Deckert,
Frederik Haarig,
J. Reichert,
Jürgen Dinger,
Peter Hellmund,
Jochen Schmitt,
Mario Rüdiger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0128
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , neurocognitive , odds ratio , confidence interval , bayley scales of infant development , toddler , pregnancy , head circumference , birth weight , psychiatry , cognition , psychology , developmental psychology , genetics , biology , psychomotor learning
In Germany, the 12-month prevalence of methamphetamine use among persons aged 15 to 34 is 1.9%. An increasing number of newborns are being born after a prenatal methamphetamine exposure (PME). In 2014, in the German state of Saxony, approximately four out of 1000 newborns were affected.