Prenatal maternal stress predicts autism traits in 61/2 year-old children: Project Ice Storm

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 353-360

  Walder, Deborah J ^a   Laplante, David P ^b   Sousa Pires, Alexandra ^b   Veru, Franz ^b,c   Brunet, Alain ^b,c   King, Suzanne ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Developmental psychopathology; Dimensional model; Natural disaster; Pregnancy; Prenatal maternal stress; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; ICE STORM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WEATHER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; DISASTER; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

SNOW;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SNOW; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904464085     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.034     Document Type: Article

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