NIDA Home > About NIDA > Organization > Child & Adolescent Workgroup (CAWG) > Prenatal Drug Exposure and Drug-Abusing Environments  

Child & Adolescent Workgroup (CAWG)
gray line



Prenatal Drug Exposure and Drug-Abusing Environments

Research Topics

Topics of interest in the area of the consequences of prenatal drug exposure include but are not limited to:

  • Physical and Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Fetal and Newborn Periods
  • Longitudinal Development (Infancy to Adolescence) in Multiple Domains
  • Analyses of Subtle Aspects of Developmental Functioning
  • Environmental Factors and Developmental Sequelae of Prenatal Drug Exposure including Animal Models
  • Methods of Prenatal Drug Exposure Assessment: Self-Report, Biological Markers, Dose and Timing, Measurement
  • Interventions to Prevent or Ameliorate Adverse Consequences
  • Basic Research including Various Animal Models
  • Gender differences in the All Aspects of Consequences of Drug Abuse

About NIDA Contents