Smoking During Pregnancy Linked to Psychiatric Disorders in Children

The negative effects of nicotine addiction continue to emerge with study after study. Newly published research in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that women who smoke during pregnancy increased the risk of their offspring developing bipolar disorder (BD). BD is a psychiatric disorder characterized by significant shifts in mood that alternate between periods of mania and depression. The onset typically occurs in the late teens or early adulthood.

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