Continuities in maternal substance use from early adolescence to parenthood: findings from the intergenerational cohort consortium.
Kimberly C ThomsonChristopher J GreenwoodPrimrose LetcherElizabeth A SpryJacqui A MacdonaldHelena M McAnallyLindsey A HinesGeorge J YoussefJennifer E McIntoshDelyse M HutchinsonRobert J HancoxGeorge C PattonCraig A OlssonPublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Persistent alcohol, tobacco use and cannabis use that starts in adolescence has a strong continuity into parenthood. Reducing substance use in the perinatal period requires action well before pregnancy, commencing in adolescence and continuing into the years before conception and throughout the perinatal period.