“Prenatal Antipsychotic Exposure” refers to the harm done to a child in the womb when a pregnant mother takes antipsychotic drugs. Apparently this is a relatively common occurrence. There has been\u00c2\u00a0a 170% increase over the last decade in antipsychotic use during pregnancy.<\/p>\n
Information about this comes from a\u00c2\u00a0research article published April 2, 2012 in the Archives of General Psychiatry<\/em> (“Prenatal Antipsychotic Exposure and Neuromotor Performance During Infancy;” Johnson, LaPrairie, Brennan, Stowe & Newport, doi:10.1001\/archgenpsychiatry.2012.160<\/a>.)<\/p>\n The study was conducted on 6-month old infants whose mothers had taken, or had not taken, antipsychotics during pregnancy. The results showed that infants whose mothers had taken antipsychotics during pregnancy had significantly lower scores on a standard test of neuromotor performance; meaning that the nerve\u00c2\u00a0development of\u00c2\u00a0these children had likely been significantly compromised by these psychiatric drugs. Are you surprised?<\/p>\n If this information incites your ire, consider doing something about it. Write your legislators,\u00c2\u00a0your government officials, your school boards, and your\u00c2\u00a0religious leaders; show the CCHR DVD documentaries to your family, friends and associates; donate to CCHR St. Louis so we can continue making this information available. If you need a DVD to show around, let us know.<\/p>\n For more information about the side effects of psychiatric drugs, go to http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/sideeffects.shtml<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Prenatal Antipsychotic Exposure” refers to the harm done to a child in the womb when a pregnant mother takes antipsychotic drugs. Apparently this is a relatively common occurrence. There has been\u00c2\u00a0a 170% increase over the last decade in antipsychotic use … Continue reading