Children Whose Mothers Drank Alcohol During Pregnancy More Likely To Have Conduct Problems
An obvious no-brainer: drinking during pregnancy raises the risk of numerous problems for the offspring, including conduct problems, attention and impulsivity problems, alcohol disorders and criminal behavior, according to an article in Archives of General Psychiatry (JAMA/Archives), November issue.
The mothers’ offspring appears to have an increase in conduct problems for every additional day per week that their mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy. The link was still their even after the researchers factored in such variables as the mothers’ drug use during pregnancy, her educational level and intellectual ability.
The other factors included were tobacco use, illegal drugs as well as ‘other’ substances besides alcohol.
They needed an actual study to determine this.
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