Lower Birth Weight May Be Associated With Increased Risk For Several Subsequent Psychiatric Disorders, Research Indicates

MedPage Today (2/6, Hlavinka) reports, “Lower birth weight was associated with increased risk for several subsequent psychiatric disorders,” researchers concluded in a study of “over 500,000 sibling pairs.” The study revealed that people “with lower birth weights were significantly more likely to develop depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…and autism.” The findings were published online Feb. 6 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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