Maternal Perinatal Depressive Symptoms, Prenatal Maternal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressants, and Executive Functions in Children: A 12-Year Longitudinal Study

Prenatal and later depressive symptoms, not prenatal SSRI exposure, seems to affect offspring that continues into preadolescence, highlighting the importance of long-term mental health follow-up in mothers to ensure optimal development of children's EFs and hence their optimal development in school, in social relations, and in life generally.