in-utero cocaine exposure(English)

• is not significantly associated with children’s history of psychological distress. In contrast, birth mothers’ acknowledgement of greater psychiatric distress at baseline and higher levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, and at 8.5 years caregivers’ reports of their own psychological distress, and children’s lower IQ are predictors of higher rates of psychological morbidity. Need for closer monitoring of the mental health of children living in low-income households, with or without intrauterine substance exposures, to facilitate access to appropriate services
• Addiction and health, Alcohol, Neonatal situation, Monitoring, Psychology, Psychiatry, Pregnancy
• https://doi.org…0802-015-0052-5