Prenatal Drug Exposure in Children With a History of Neuropsychiatric Care: A Nested Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Neuropsychiatric disorders in childhood after prenatal drug exposure raises concerns. Most of the published studies focused on psychotropic medications. This study investigated which prenatal medication exposure was associated with neuropsychiatric disorders in childhood.

Methods

A case-control study, nested in the French POMME cohort, was conducted to compare prenatal medication exposure between children with a history of neuropsychiatric care (ages 0-8 years) and children in a control group. POMME included children born in Haute-Garonne to women covered by the general Health Insurance System, between 2010 and 2011 (N = 8,372). Cases were identified through: (1) reimbursement for neuropsychiatric care; (2) psychomotor development abnormaliti

SUBMITTER: Benevent J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980541 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature