# Child's elevated mental ill-health risk if mother treated for infection during pregnancy

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**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/childs-elevated-mental-ill-health-risk-if-mother-treated-for-infection-during-pregnancy/1792 "2019-03-13T16:05:24Z")\
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> **[Child's elevated mental ill-health risk if mother treated for infection...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190307103212.htm)**
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> Risks for autism and depression are higher if one's mother was in hospital with an infection during pregnancy. This is shown by a major Swedish observational study of nearly 1.8 million children.

  
Risks for autism and depression are higher if one’s mother was in hospital with an infection during pregnancy. This is shown by a major Swedish observational study of nearly 1.8 million children.