Maternal use of antidepressant or anxiolytic medication during pregnancy and childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes: a systematic review

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 973-992

  El Marroun, Hanan ^a   White, Tonya ^a,b   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Anxiolytic medication; Child neurodevelopment; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84921807436     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0558-3     Document Type: Review

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