Maternal anorexia nervosa and risk of mental and neurodevelopmental morbidity in offspring
Maternal anorexia nervosa is associated with childhood hospitalization for mental health, substance-related, and neurodevelopmental morbidity, although results should be interpreted with caution owing to potential confounders. Mothers with anorexia nervosa may benefit from psychosocial support to prevent mental and neurodevelopmental morbidity in offspring.
Authors
- Nicholas Chadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-2327)
- Mimi Israël (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0962-3514)
- Howard Steiger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4887-7824)
- Gabriel Côté‐Corriveau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-9392)
- Nahantara Lafleur
- Nathalie Auger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-0459)
- Sam Amar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0051-3434)
- Émilie Brousseau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2455-7845)
- Nancy Low
Institutions
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.70051
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00