Parental depression, maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy, and risk of autism spectrum disorders: population based case-control study

Rai, D.; Lee, B. K.; Dalman, C.; Golding, J.; Lewis, G.; Magnusson, C.

doi:10.1136/bmj.f2059

Parental depression, maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy, and risk of autism spectrum disorders: population based case-control study

Objective To study the association between parental depression and maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy with autism spectrum disorders in offspring. Design Population based nested case-control study. Setting Stockholm County, Sweden, 2001-07. Participants 4429 cases of autism spectrum dis…