Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Young Children's Development

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ID9760643
AuthorsLinda C Mayes (0000-0002-9590-7128, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume521
Issue1
Pages11-27
Publication date1992-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716292521001002
OpenAlexW2099966850
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited51

The current state of knowledge about the neurodevelopmental sequelae of prenatal cocaine exposure is reviewed. Maternal cocaine use is associated with a number of other factors such as poor nutrition, inadequate prenatal care, and exposure to other substances, including alcohol and tobacco, that also affect neurodevelopmental outcome. The effects of postnatal maternal cocaine use on the mother's capacity to care for the infant as well as the association of cocaine use with more general environmental factors—for example, poverty, violence, neglect, and abuse—are discussed as important factors to consider when attempting to define whether or not prenatal cocaine exposure has specific and unique effects on the developing fetal brain. Six methodological problems commonly found in the literature on prenatal cocaine exposure are cited as issues to consider when attempting to evaluate the validity of currently available findings

Affect (linguistics · Cocaine abuse · Cocaine use · Environmental health · Gestation · Neglect · Population · Pregnancy · Prenatal alcohol exposure · Prenatal care · Prenatal cocaine exposure · Prenatal exposure · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management · Medicine · Neonatal Health and Biochemistry · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology

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