Question 1216 — health

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Ms. Valérie Boyer questions the Minister of Solidarity and Health about the risk of autism in children if antidepressants are taken during pregnancy. In France there are between 300,000 and 500,000 people suffering from a pervasive developmental disorder, including 60,000 who are autistic. Furthermore, 8,000 autistic children are born each year, or 1 in 150 people according to INSERM. The use of antidepressants appears to be increasing 87% risk of autism according to Professor Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. Indeed, taking these antidepressants would have an impact on the development of the fetal brain. A study was conducted at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom taking 254,000 Swedes aged 4 to 17 years old. Among them, 3,300 have a mother who took antidepressants during pregnancy, and 4.1% have autism. However, these studies are contradicted. Indeed, the work of Doctor Simone Vigod of Women's College Hospital in Toronto demonstrates that taking antidepressants at the start of pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, based on 36,000 births with a 5-year follow-up. In addition, American scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital note an increased increase in autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children born to mothers who took antidepressants only before pregnancy. As a result, she asks him what the reality of this information is and what restrictions can be placed on future mothers to prevent autism.

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