Effect of Prenatal Drugs on the Behavior of the Neonate

T. BERRY BRAZELTONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.9.1261

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The author outlines some of the intrauterine influences on neonatal behavior. Sex hormones used therapeutically in pregnancy may critically alter the genotype's sexual expression as well as its behavior. Dietary inadequacy in early fetal life may change the number and size of the infant's brain cells. Drug abuse by the mother produces chromosomal flaws as well as withdrawal symptoms in the newborn. Tranquilizers and premedications given mothers during delivery affect the neonate's initial weight gain and his response to nursing and early learning tasks.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 9 • March 1970

Pages: 1261 - 1266

PubMed: 4905017

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Published in print: March 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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T. BERRY BRAZELTON

Assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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Effect of Prenatal Drugs on the Behavior of the Neonate

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