Prenatal maternal psychiatric disturbance and offspring neurodevelopmental disorders: a retrospective case–control study from Egypt

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Mind & Mental Health Switzerland

BackgroundMaternal mental health during pregnancy is an under-recognized predictor of offspring neurodevelopment, particularly in low-resource settings with limited perinatal mental health screening. This study investigated the association of the presence and diagnostic subtype of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in offspring with maternal depression, anxiety, stress, physical or verbal abuse,…

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