PMH-C COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◍ 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
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◍ 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
