Independent Prediction of Child Psychiatric Symptoms by Maternal Mental Health and Child Polygenic Risk Scores

Prenatal maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety associate with an increased risk for child socioemotional and behavioral difficulties, supporting the fetal origins of mental health hypothesis. However, to date, studies have not considered specific genomic risk as a possible confound.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lawrence M. Chen, Irina Pokhvisneva, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Tuomas Kvist, Jessie R. Baldwin, Carine Parent, Patricia P. Silveira, Jari Lahti, Katri Raikkonen, Vivette Glover, Thomas G. O ’Connor, Michael J. Meaney, Kieran J. O’Donnell Tags: New Research Source Type: research