PMH-C Exam Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Military Stressors - Answer: Recent/upcoming deployment
Potential lack of emotional support from partner
Fear for welfare or self or partner
Living without partner
Single parenting
Concerns about childcare
Inadequate support:
Location away from friends and family
Possibility of no established relationships with recent move
Lack of providers who understand military culture
Lack of providers for beneficiaries
Lack of providers who accept insurance
Lack of peer support due to "army strong" mentality
Lack of disclosure to others due to "small town"
Lack of ability to provide peer support due to own needs
Focus often on active duty member's psychological issuesv
Jane Honikman - Answer: Founder of PSI
What year was PSI established? - Answer: 1987
Louis Victor Marce - Answer: French psychiatrist who wrote first treatise on puerperal (about six weeks
after childbirth) mental illness
James A. Hamilton - Answer: Father of Postpartum Psychiatric Illness
,Wrote book: Postpartum Psychiatric Problems
Founded the Marce Society
Advocate of research, treatment and social support movement
DAD - Answer: Depression After Delivery (USA)
APNI - Answer: Association for Post Natal Illness (England)
PANDA - Answer: Post and Ante Natal Depression Association (Australia)
Postpartum Education for Parents - Answer: Postpartum Education for Parents (USA)
Most important part of mental health for women, children, and families - Answer: Social support
How many countries does PSI have members in? - Answer: Over 40 countries
What percentage of women will experience postpartum depression? - Answer: 21%
What percentage of pregnant woman will experience moderate to severe symptoms of depression
and/or anxiety? - Answer: 20%
What percentage of pregnant women with psychiatric diagnosis were treated? - Answer: Less than 86%
What percentage of women on antidepressants were symptomatic due to suboptimal treatment? -
Answer: Over 50%
The perinatal period - Answer: The entire time frame from pregnancy through the first year after giving
birth
PMAD - Answer: Perinatal Mood (depression and bipolar) Anxiety (GAD, panic, OCD, PTSD) Disorders
,What percentage of pregnancies are unplanned? - Answer: 50%
PMDD - Answer: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Sensitive to hormonal changes
Risk factor for PMAD
What disorders classify as a PMAD? - Answer: Depression
Anxiety and Panic disorder
OCD
PTSD
Perinatal Bipolar
Psychosis
Perinatal depression - Answer: Most under diagnosed obstetric complication in America
Increased costs of medical care
Inappropriate medical care
Child abuse and neglect
Discontinuation of breastfeeding
Family dysfunction
Adversely affects early brain development
40% of cases are detected and diagnosed
60% receive treatment
Prevalence for Prenatal anxiety - Answer: 15.8%
Prevalence for postpartum anxiety - Answer: 8% - 20%
, PMADs in Fathers - Answer: 1 in 10 men will get anxiety/depression
Fathers with higher ACE scores reported more pregnancy-related anxiety than did fathers with lower
scores at all time points
Reported more depressive feelings during pregnancy
9.2% had depression prenatally
Maternal depression increased the risk of paternal depression
- Initial high after birth may give way to depression
- Masked male depression (substance use, irritable, aggressive)
- Distancing
- Distractions and habits
Medication - Answer: 50-75% relapse (depression and anxiety) after discontinuing medication while
pregnant
Over 40% resume medication during pregnancy
The benefit out weights the risk when on medication during pregnancy
Normal Pregnancy symptoms - Answer: Mood is labile, teary
Self esteem is normal
Sleep: bladder or heartburn may awaken. Can fall asleep
No suicidal ideology
Energy: may tire, rest restores
Solutions Graded A+
Military Stressors - Answer: Recent/upcoming deployment
Potential lack of emotional support from partner
Fear for welfare or self or partner
Living without partner
Single parenting
Concerns about childcare
Inadequate support:
Location away from friends and family
Possibility of no established relationships with recent move
Lack of providers who understand military culture
Lack of providers for beneficiaries
Lack of providers who accept insurance
Lack of peer support due to "army strong" mentality
Lack of disclosure to others due to "small town"
Lack of ability to provide peer support due to own needs
Focus often on active duty member's psychological issuesv
Jane Honikman - Answer: Founder of PSI
What year was PSI established? - Answer: 1987
Louis Victor Marce - Answer: French psychiatrist who wrote first treatise on puerperal (about six weeks
after childbirth) mental illness
James A. Hamilton - Answer: Father of Postpartum Psychiatric Illness
,Wrote book: Postpartum Psychiatric Problems
Founded the Marce Society
Advocate of research, treatment and social support movement
DAD - Answer: Depression After Delivery (USA)
APNI - Answer: Association for Post Natal Illness (England)
PANDA - Answer: Post and Ante Natal Depression Association (Australia)
Postpartum Education for Parents - Answer: Postpartum Education for Parents (USA)
Most important part of mental health for women, children, and families - Answer: Social support
How many countries does PSI have members in? - Answer: Over 40 countries
What percentage of women will experience postpartum depression? - Answer: 21%
What percentage of pregnant woman will experience moderate to severe symptoms of depression
and/or anxiety? - Answer: 20%
What percentage of pregnant women with psychiatric diagnosis were treated? - Answer: Less than 86%
What percentage of women on antidepressants were symptomatic due to suboptimal treatment? -
Answer: Over 50%
The perinatal period - Answer: The entire time frame from pregnancy through the first year after giving
birth
PMAD - Answer: Perinatal Mood (depression and bipolar) Anxiety (GAD, panic, OCD, PTSD) Disorders
,What percentage of pregnancies are unplanned? - Answer: 50%
PMDD - Answer: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Sensitive to hormonal changes
Risk factor for PMAD
What disorders classify as a PMAD? - Answer: Depression
Anxiety and Panic disorder
OCD
PTSD
Perinatal Bipolar
Psychosis
Perinatal depression - Answer: Most under diagnosed obstetric complication in America
Increased costs of medical care
Inappropriate medical care
Child abuse and neglect
Discontinuation of breastfeeding
Family dysfunction
Adversely affects early brain development
40% of cases are detected and diagnosed
60% receive treatment
Prevalence for Prenatal anxiety - Answer: 15.8%
Prevalence for postpartum anxiety - Answer: 8% - 20%
, PMADs in Fathers - Answer: 1 in 10 men will get anxiety/depression
Fathers with higher ACE scores reported more pregnancy-related anxiety than did fathers with lower
scores at all time points
Reported more depressive feelings during pregnancy
9.2% had depression prenatally
Maternal depression increased the risk of paternal depression
- Initial high after birth may give way to depression
- Masked male depression (substance use, irritable, aggressive)
- Distancing
- Distractions and habits
Medication - Answer: 50-75% relapse (depression and anxiety) after discontinuing medication while
pregnant
Over 40% resume medication during pregnancy
The benefit out weights the risk when on medication during pregnancy
Normal Pregnancy symptoms - Answer: Mood is labile, teary
Self esteem is normal
Sleep: bladder or heartburn may awaken. Can fall asleep
No suicidal ideology
Energy: may tire, rest restores
