A systematic review and meta‐analysis comprising 37 studies has found that prenatal antidepressant use was associated with a modestly increased risk of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. However, the associations observed in the analysis were attenuated or became nonsignificant after adjustment for maternal psychiatric illness and other confounding factors.
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