Prenatal exposure to antidepressants and language competence at age three: Results from a large population-based pregnancy cohort in Norway

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1621-1631

  Skurtveit, S ^a,b   Selmer, R ^a   Roth, C ^a   Hernandez Diaz, S ^c   Handal, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; depression; language competence; MoBa; pregnancy; SSRI exposure

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CATAPLEXY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE COMPETENCE; LANGUAGE DELAY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE GRAMMAR RATING SCALE; LANGUAGE TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920868021     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12821     Document Type: Article

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