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Antidepressants in pregnancy do not raise children’s risk of autism or ADHD, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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James Walker, a professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Leeds, said the research had helped to “cut through the noise” regarding recent concerns regarding whether medications taken by mothers during pregnancy could affect their babies.

“The practical message is straightforward” Walker said. “Women with moderate or severe depression should not stop their antidepressants in pregnancy out of fear of causing autism or ADHD. Depression that goes untreated in pregnancy carries real risks of its own, for the mother, the pregnancy and for the developing baby, including a higher chance of premature birth, postnatal depression and difficulties bonding with the baby. For milder depression, talking therapies and other non-medication approaches are usually tried first, in line with current guidelines. As always, decisions in pregnancy are personal and should be made with a clinician who knows the woman’s history.”

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -5 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

This one is a meta study based on other studies, so I guess that's to be expected.
Everything is a fucking meta study today, and IMO they are too often shit, because they generally try to account for variables that the original studies weren't made for.
Ah well, it's probably going to get worse, because now we will be overwhelmed by meta studies that are made by AI.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 hours ago

Do you even know what a meta study is? It is not just "this amount of research says this and this amount of research says that", the actually important and actual work that goes into a meta study is to point out weaknesses of the examined base studies to weigh their informative value on the meta study's topic.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 13 hours ago

meta studies are the highest standard of evidence. when peer-reviewed, looking at old evidence in new lights is precisely what they're supposed to do, and there's no problem with that unless there's a response/refutal along those lines.

i haven't seen them be at a higher frequency than usual either; in fact the latest data i could find shows it's slowed down since 2019: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11795965/figure/cesm70010-fig-0002/ (note that the data cutoff is May 2024)

because now we will be overwhelmed by meta studies that are made by AI.

Have we even found a single major-journal systematic review that was made by AI yet?

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

It's sad that you feel so strongly about it but won't take the time to learn how these things work.