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A New Study Raises Old Questions About Antidepressants and Autism

A New Study Raises Old Questions About Antidepressants and Autism

Posted on December 15, 2015

Taking antidepressants during the second or third trimester of pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder.

 

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