Development of infants of drug dependent mothers.
Infants of mothers who used methadone, heroin, cocaine and other drugs during pregnancy were compared with a group of control infants over the first 30 mths of life. Results of repeated examinations with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development showed a difference between the groups in mental development. No differences were found in a non-verbal version of the mental scale, but infants of drug dependent mothers seem to have specific difficulties in early language development. In psychomotor development, in behaviour during testing and on a questionnaire on activity, infants of drug dependent mothers did not differ from the comparison children.
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Academical Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D003932:Heroin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009357:Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors
D003932:Heroin; D003042:Cocaine; D008691:Methadone