Thursday, November 1, 2018

Study: Most Psychoactive Drugs Taken During Pregnancy Do Not Increase Risk of Autism

New research finds that a mother’s use of antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs while pregnant does not place the baby at risk for autism.

But the rates of autism were higher among children of mothers with worse general health before pregnancy, suggesting that the mother’s health plays a more critical role in a child’s development than the medications she takes.

Investigators from The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in...


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