Parental mood during pregnancy and post-natally is associated with offspring risk of Tourette syndrome or chronic tics: prospective data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

Little is known about risk factors for Tourette syndrome (TS) and chronic tic disorders (CT) but maternal psychological morbidity in pregnancy may be associated with TS/CT. We examined whether pre- and post-natal parental anxiety and/or depression are associated with risk of TS/CT in the Avon Longit...

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Published in:European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 373 - 382
Main Authors: Ben-Shlomo, Y., Scharf, J., Miller, L., Mathews, C.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Apr2016
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