Top 10 prenatal and perinatal risk factors for psychosis

The meta-analysis also pinpoints several protective factors
Clare Pain
Stressed-looking pregnant woman

European researchers have found 30 pre- and perinatal risk factors for psychosis, as well as a few protective factors, in the first major systematic review and meta-analysis on the topic in two decades.

Examining 152 case-control and cohort studies, they have included factors associated with the parents’ age and mental health, pregnancy, labour and delivery, as well as fetal growth and development in their analysis.