The causal association between maternal depression, anxiety, and infection in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders among 410 461 children: a population study using quasi-negative control cohorts and sibling analysis.
Holly F HopeMatthias PierceHend GabrMaja R RadojčićEleanor SwiftVicky P TaxiarchiKathryn Mary AbelPublished in: Psychological medicine (2024)
Maternal risk appears to be unspecific to pregnancy: our study provided no evidence of a specific, and therefore causal, link between in-utero exposure to infection, common mental illness, and later development of NDD.