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Major Review: Antidepressants Safe in Pregnancy, No Added Risk of Autism or ADHD in Kids

FRIDAY, May 15, 2026 — There’s no clear link between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, according to a new evidence review spanning more than half...

SSRIs, SNRIs, and Pregnancy: Reassuring Data on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

A large meta-analysis finds no causal link between prenatal antidepressant exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders after accounting for confounding factors.

Antidepressants and pregnancy: What parents-to-be should know about ADHD, autism risks

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Concerns about whether antidepressants cause harms to developing fetuses, including neurodevelopmental disorders, have grown in recent years. Now, a...

Don’t Use Antidepressants During Pregnancy or for Children

As a young doctor, I joked about a general warning that can still be seen in Danish package inserts for drugs: “Caution is advised during pregnancy.” What does that mean? If you ta...

Sleep and Anxiety Medications in Pregnancy Appear to Pose Little Harm

THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 — Insomnia and anxiety are very common during pregnancy — and for some moms, sedatives are prescribed to help manage the symptoms. Now, a large new study,...

Antidepresivos y embarazo: lo que los futuros padres deben saber sobre los riesgos de TDAH y autismo

Por Kristen Rogers, CNN La preocupación sobre si los antidepresivos causan daños a los fetos en desarrollo, incluidos trastornos del neurodesarrollo, ha aumentado en los últimos añ...

Pharmacologic Treatment of Postpartum Depression: What Happens in the Real World?

Sleep Meds While Pregnant Don’t Raise Child’s Risk of Psychiatric Disorder, Major Korean Study Finds

Anxiety and insomnia grip roughly one in five pregnancies. Clinicians know it, mothers know it, and yet the standard advice has long leaned heavily toward caution: avoid sedatives...

Link Found Between Antibiotics and Depression in Pregnancy

A study of 94,000 women reveals that antibiotic use before and during pregnancy is linked to increased psychological distress. Researchers point to the disruption of the gut-brain...

Buprenorphine found to be a safe treatment for opioid addiction in pregnancy

Children born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, compared...

New approaches show promise in treating postpartum depression

Postpartum depression affects about 1 in 8 women in the U.S. within the first year after giving birth, and new approaches are showing promise in diagnosing and treating it, includi...

Weekly Roundup for May 22, 2026: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health

This week’s roundup discusses neurodevelopmental disorders in children exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy, spans perinatal sleep and and new insights on what causes perime...

Questioning the Prescription: Antidepressants and the Medicalization of Childhood

This week Mad in America explores four recently published articles related to antidepressant use in children and adolescents. The first reports that although clinical trials have f...

Millions of US birth records uncover an autism risk surge tied to common drugs taken during pregnancy

A landmark study led by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified a significant association between prena...

Mental illness is pregnancy’s number one complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it | Edna Lekgabe

Integrated mental healthcare for maternity services, more perinatal psychiatrists and public awareness of the problem could deliver meaningful changeThe modern mind is a column whe...

NSAID Use in Pregnancy Not Linked to Major Birth Defects

Researchers found that NSAIDs (like ibuprofen, naproxen, and diclofenac) taken during the first trimester are NOT associated with an increased risk of major birth defects.

US Medicaid data finds buprenorphine safe for long-term child development

Children born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, compared...

You Asked: What is Lithium Orotate? Can It Be Used During Pregnancy?

Study Links Sterol-Inhibiting Drugs to Autism Risk

Astudy of 6 million births links common medications that inhibit cholesterol synthesis, including certain antidepressants and beta-blockers—to a 1.47-fold increased risk of autism.

Infections around pregnancy have a lasting effect on kids' mental health

Pregnancy is filled with small moments of anticipation: the first flutter of movement, the sound of a heartbeat, the quiet question of whether everything is unfolding as it should....

How to Cope With Anxiety During a High-Risk Pregnancy

High-risk pregnancy can make it difficult to feel safe, present, or connected during pregnancy—and many women suffer silently.

Choosing a First-Line Treatment for Postpartum Psychosis: Why Lithium Matters

Postpartum psychosis is a psychiatric emergency. Evidence supports early use of lithium plus antipsychotics—and, when needed, ECT—to achieve remission and prevent relapse.

Common Prescription Drugs May Disrupt Cholesterol Pathways in the Womb and Raise Autism Risk

Around week nineteen of pregnancy, something shifts. The fetal brain, which has until that point been drawing cholesterol from maternal circulation, begins making its own. It’s a c...

Neonatal and Obstetric Outcomes Following Periconceptional Exposure to Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: A Syst...

To evaluate the association between periconceptional exposure to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and fetal, pregnancy-related, obstetric, and delivery outcomes.