A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine looks at antidepressant use during pregnancy and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children. … read more
A study published in the European Journal of Population looks at the well-being of adolescents conceived through medically assisted reproduction. … read more
A study, published in the journal eneuro, reports on the impact on offspring of SSRI medication use in mouse pregnancy. … read more
Research, published in JAMA Psychiatry, reports on the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, and other developmental disabilities in children from … read more
A study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, examined the existing evidence on antidepressants and links to negative health outcomes. Dr … read more
A new study, published in eNeuro, assesses antidepressant exposure during pregnancy and autism-like behaviour in mouse pups. read more
Scientists publishing in the BMJ report an association between antidepressant use in pregnancy and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children. read more
Scientists publishing in the BMJ report an association between antidepressant use in pregnancy and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children.
New research published in the BMJ studies the association between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism. read more
New research published in the BMJ studies the association between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism. read more
Publishing in the British Journal of Pharmacology scientists report an association between slightly increased risk of cardiovascular malformations in infants and maternal fluoxetine use. read more
Publishing in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that examined the association between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and fetal exposure to antidepressants. read more
Antidepressants are a constant source of controversy. Concerns are raised that these drugs are not safe, that the side-effects are being overlooked, that they are being over-prescribed and are part of a trend of over-medicalisation. read more
Publishing in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology a group of scientists have investigated the effects of taking a specific antidepressant while pregnant on birth defects. In the meta-analysis they report that using paroxetine in the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of cardiac-specific as well as general birth defects. read more
Publishing in the Journal of the American Medical Association a group of researchers have looked at the effect of the use of antidepressants during pregnancy and report that the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors later in pregnancy can increase the risk of the child developing autism spectrum disorders. read more
The use of pharmaceutical drugs during pregnancy is an area of controversy, and a possible association between the use of certain antidepressants early in pregnancy and birth defects is the subject of a paper published in The BMJ. The authors report no association for some of the drugs that they tested, but an increased risk when using two specific selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). read more
Publishing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers have analysed a link between use of a particular type of antidepressant in pregnant women, and pulmonary hypertension in their children. The team report an increased risk of the disease in newborns whose mothers used the antidepressants, though the absolute risk was small. read more
A paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry has reported an association between prenatal exposure to antidepressants and development of ADHD but not autism. read more
A BBC Panorama programme, ‘The Truth about Pregnancy and Pills’, suggested if a mother takes a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) in early pregnancy the risk of having a baby born with a heart defect increases from two in 100 to four in 100. read more
At the 2012 meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), a review of literature on the use of SSRI antidepressants in pregnancy was presented. read more
