Gender Differences in Prenatal Substance Exposure

Michael Lewis, PhD, has published more than 3 articles in scientific journals, and he has written or edited more than 35 books, including Social Cognition and the Acquisition of Self ( 979) Children's Emotions and Moods: Developmental Theory and Measurement ( 983) Shame, The Exposed Self ( 992) and Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future ( 997). He edited the Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology (2nd ed., 2 ), and the Handbook of Emotions (3rd ed., 2 9). He recently won the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award from APA for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.  Lisa Kestler, PhD, is a senior clinician at MedAvante, Inc., a psychiatric research company in Hamilton, New Jersey. At the Institute for the Study of Child Development, Dr. Kestler served as an investigator on the National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded study on the Developmental Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure, a prospective study spanning the lives of children born to drug-abusing mothers from infancy through adolescence. Drawing on her training in developmental psychopathology at Emory University, Dr. Kestler has been interested in understanding the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development of children following exposure to intrauterine pathogens as well as postnatal stressors, environmental risk, and parental psychopathology.

• ContributorsForewordPrefaceIntroduction Michael Lewis and Lisa KestlerI. CocaineGender-Dependent Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Lisa Kestler, David S. Bennett, Dennis P. Carmody, and Michael LewisPrenatal Cocaine Exposure and Age 7 Behavior: The Roles of Gender, Quantity, and Duration of Exposure Virginia Delaney-Black, Chandice Covington, Lisa M. Chiodo, John H. Hannigan, Mark K. Greenwald, James Janisse, Grace Patterson, Joel Ager, Ekemini Akan, Linda Lewandowski, Steven J. Ondersma, Ty Partridge and Robert J. SokolSex Differences in the Effects of Cocaine Exposure on Dopaminergic Systems During Brain Development Diana Dow-Edwards and Annelyn Torres-ReveronGender Influences on the Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Insights From an Animal Model Stephane A. Beaudin, Mathew H. Gendle and Barbara J. StruppII. Tobacco and MarijuanaExamination of Gender Differences in Effects of Tobacco Exposure Claire D. Coles, Julie A. Kable, and Mary Ellen LynchSex-Specific Effects of Prenatal Marijuana Exposure on Neurodevelopment and Behavior Jennifer A. Willford, Gale A. Richardson, and Nancy L. DayIII. AlcoholSex Differences in Prenatal Alcohol Abuse in Humans Ann P. StreissguthSex Differences in the Teratogenic Effects of Alcohol: Findings From Animal Models Nicha K. H. Otero and Sandra J. KellyIV. Environmental ToxinsGender (Sex) Differences in Response to Prenatal Lead Exposure Nancy L. FiedlerThe Sexually Dimorphic Nature of the Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on the Central Nervous System in the Developing Animal Elizabeth M. Sajdel-Sulkowska and Noriyuki KoibuchiSexual Differentiation of the Human Brain: Hormonal Control and Effects of Endocrine Disruptors Erica L. T. van den Akker and Nynke Weisglas-KuperusIndexAbout the Editors