Study finds no link between prenatal antidepressant exposure and childhood depression

Adjusted analyses in a U.S. cohort study found that children exposed in utero to antidepressants were at no higher risk of onset of depression or anxiety than youths whose mothers did not use antidepressants or used the medications in the year before pregnancy. The results suggested that underlying maternal depression is a greater predictor of a childhood depressive diagnosis than antidepressant exposure.