Association of Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy With Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Antidepressant use during pregnancy has been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in children in some studies. However, results may be explained by uncontrolled confounding by parental mental health status, genetics, and environmental factors.

Objective

To evaluate the association between antidepressant use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of health care utilization data was separated into cohorts of publicly and privately insured pregnant individuals and their children nested in the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX; 2000-2014) and the IBM MarketScan Research Database (MarketScan; 2003-2015). A total of 1.93 million pregnancies in MAX and 1.25 million pregnancies in MarketSca

SUBMITTER: Suarez EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531086 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature