Prenatal Psychological Stress Exposure and Neurodevelopment and Health of Children

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Sep 29;16(19):3657. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16193657.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.s.bleker@amc.uva.nl.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.r.derooij@amsterdamumc.nl.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. t.j.roseboom@amsterdamumc.nl.

Abstract

Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent in pregnancy, with an estimated prevalence of 12% for depression [...].