Antidepressants in Pregnancy Reassessed

 ADHD in the News 2026-01-08


For decades, clinicians have wrestled with a thorny question: Do antidepressants taken during pregnancy increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children? Or do those risks stem from the underlying psychiatric illness itself? A comprehensive new review in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggests the answer is more complicated (and, at the same time, more reassuring) than simply risk estimates might suggest.