Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Increase Risk of Autism by 87 Percent

December 14th, 2015

Via: ResearchGate:

Using antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), during the 2nd/3rd trimesters of pregnancy increases the risk of having a child with autism (87 percent increased risk of autism with any antidepressants; more than doubling the risk with SSRI use specifically) – this risk is above and beyond the risk associated with maternal depression alone (maternal depression was associated with a 20 percent increased risk of autism in our study). Given the mounting evidence showing increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcome with antidepressant use during pregnancy, our study shows that depression should be treated with other options (other than antidepressants) during this critical period.

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One Response to “Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Increase Risk of Autism by 87 Percent”

  1. quintanus says:
    December 15, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    Why did that take so long? Haven’t the biostatisticians and epidemiologists been working on this for a long time?

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