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Women’s health and midwifery
Advancing our knowledge on the maternal and neonatal outcomes in women with ADHD
  1. Samuele Cortese
  1. Developmental EPI (Evidence synthesis, Prediction, Implementation) Lab, Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, School of Psychology, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  1. Correspondence to Professor Samuele Cortese; samuele.cortese{at}soton.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104137

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    Commentary on: Amikam U, Badeghiesh A, Baghlaf H, Brown R, Dahan MH. The association between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and pregnancy, delivery and neonatal outcomes-an evaluation of a population database. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 15;24(1):364. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06561-5.

    Implications for practice and research

    • The risk of adverse maternal as well as neonatal outcomes should be carefully monitored in women with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their newborns.

    • The risk–benefit ratio related to the use of ADHD medications in pregnancy should be further investigated.

    Context

    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), characterised by developmentally inappropriate, persistent and impairing symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity,1 affects around 5% of school-age children2 and 2.5% of adults.3

    Although ADHD is one of the most investigated conditions in child and adolescent psychiatry,4 two research domains, among others, remain under-researched: (1) the physical correlates of this condition and …

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    • Competing interests SC has declared reimbursement for travel and accommodation expenses from the Association for Child and Adolescent Central Health (ACAMH) in relation to lectures delivered for ACAMH, the Canadian AADHD Alliance Resource, the British Association of Psychopharmacology and from Healthcare Convention for educational activity on ADHD and has received honoraria from Medice.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.