Risks for ASD, intellectual disability may be increased with prenatal exposure to topiramate, valproate, certain duotherapies
Commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications taken late in pregnancy seem not to meaningfully increase NDD risk in offspring
Findings also show elevated risk for ADHD with interactions between multiple substances
Authors say tool can be universally used for screening in a community setting
Screening associated with significant increase in ASD diagnoses in children, including in Spanish-speaking families
However, in utero exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection is not associated with significant differences in ASQ-3 domains at 6 months
Elevated risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder may be explained by differences in parental characteristics
Authors say young children with multiple eating problems may benefit from screening for developmental delay
Eating a healthy breakfast and lunch tied to better well-being scores in both primary and secondary school children
Young children with public insurance and living in communities with more pre-1950s housing and poverty at increased risk