The causal association between maternal depression, anxiety, and infection in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders among 410 461 children: a population study using quasi-negative control cohorts and sibling analysis

CONCLUSIONS: Maternal risk appears to be unspecific to pregnancy: our study provided no evidence of a specific, and therefore causal, link between in-utero exposure to infection, common mental illness, and later development of NDD.PMID:38205522 | DOI:10.1017/S0033291723003604

Source: Psychological Medicine - January 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Holly Hope Matthias Pierce Hend Gabr Maja R Radoj čić Eleanor Swift Vicky P Taxiarchi Kathryn M Abel Source Type: research