Accepted for Publication: July 11, 2022.
Published Online: August 31, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2591
Corresponding Author: Catherine Monk, PhD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 622 W 168th St, PH15–1540H, New York, NY 10032 (cem31@cumc.columbia.edu).
Author Contributions: Dr Monk had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: All authors.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Dumitriu.
Drafting of the manuscript: Firestein, Dumitriu, Monk.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Dumitriu, Marsh, Monk.
Obtained funding: Dumitriu, Marsh, Monk.
Supervision: Dumitriu, Monk.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Dumitriu reported grants from the National Institute of Mental Health during the conduct of the study and consulting fees from Medela, funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and personal fees from the Society for Neuroscience outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This work is supported by grants R01MH126531 and 301MH126531-01S1 from the National Institute of Mental Health (Drs Dumitriu, March, and Monk), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contract 75D30120C08150 through Abt Associates (Dr Dumitriu), and an award from the Society for Research in Child Development (Dr Firestein).
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Additional Contributions: We are grateful for the institutional support provided by the Maternal-Child Research Oversight (MaCRO) Committee and the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics & Gynecology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, as well as the entire COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) Initiative Team.
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