The Effects of Toxic Stress During Pregnancy

Publication Date: January 2007

Publisher: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child

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Keywords: Child development; Maternal health; Developmental neurobiology

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This study found that predictable, repeated, intense stress during pregnancy was more disruptive and caused long-term increases in anxiety-like behavior in offspring when compared to the effects of milder and more random stressors.