Atlanta Journal-Constitution features AER paper on maternal stress
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featured a paper published in the April issue of the òòò½Íø Review about how stress during pregnancy affects the health of a child later in life. Examining data on Swedish infants, Stanford University researchers and found that kids whose moms experienced a death in the family during pregnancy were more likely to use prescription mental health drugs, such as ADHD medications. The impacts for some lasted well into adulthood. Persson and Rossin-Slater also recently spoke with the òòò½Íø about this paper. You can listen to that interview and read the highlights here.