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PMH-C: Intake/ Screening Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Perinatal Period - Answer✔Conception through the first year after giving birth.
Antenatal - Answer✔Term meaning "During Pregnancy"
Postpartum/Postnatal - Answer✔The first year after giving birth
Disorders - Answer✔Get in the way of daily functioning.
Every year, how many infants are born to mothers who are depressed? - Answer✔400,000,
making perinatal depression the most under diagnosed obstetric complication in America.
What is the prevalence of PMAD's for women? - Answer✔1 out of 5-7 women.
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What is the prevalence of PMAD's for men? - Answer✔1 out of 10 men.
What is the cost of untreated PMAD's? - Answer✔$14.2 Billion annually
How many pregnancies are unplanned? - Answer✔~50%
What are the PMAD etiologies (causes)? - Answer✔Biological Sensitivity to hormonal changes
(sleep deprivation), Vulnerability (such as genetic disposition), psychological (relationship with
own mother, ambivalence to parenthood, self-image/perfectionism), Social/environmental (hx
of trauma, poor social support, institutional racism).
In what ways does culture influence whether PMAD's are recognized? - Answer✔There are
diverse ways that mothers conceptualize and explain their symptoms culturally. They may not
feel they are safe to express their symptoms. May be expressed in somatic (eg. stomach pains
or appetite changes) or affective ways (moods, feelings).
Why is there variability in prevalence rates of PMAD's? - Answer✔Cultural context, screening
inventories, cutoffs used on objective measures, timing of screening and onset of symptoms,
relationship between the subject and the researcher.
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What is the strongest predictor for paternal depression? - Answer✔Maternal depression
When do father's depressive symptoms spike? - Answer✔Between 3-6 months postpartum
What is "masked" male depression? - Answer✔Rather than sadness- men may: increase
substance use, be more irritable/ aggressive/ hostile, may "check out", and self-isolate.
Possible factors for partner depression. - Answer✔Feeling burdened/trapped, financial
burdens, feeling left out, missing sexual relationship, sleep deprivation, isolation and loneliness,
poor social support network.
Percentage of new mothers are universally affected by baby blues - Answer✔60-80%
Hormone fluctuation at the time of birth and acute sleep deprivation can lead to what common
situation or non-disorder? - Answer✔baby blues
How long do the baby blues last? - Answer✔2 days to 2 weeks after birth
When do baby blues typically peak? - Answer✔on day 3-5 after delivery.
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What are the symptoms of baby blues? - Answer✔tearfulness, lability, reactivity, and
exhaustion. Unrelated to stress or prior psychiatric hx.
When making a determination between baby blues and major depression, what should be
considered? - Answer✔severity/intensity, timing/onset, duration/chronicity
Under the DSM-5, what code can we use for postpartum depression? - Answer✔Major Unipolar
Depression (with peripartum onset)
For the DSM-5 code of Major Unipolar Depression (with peripartum onset), 5 or more
symptoms must be present with the same 2-week period: - Answer✔Depressed mood most of
the day nearly every day.
Loss of interest, joy or pleasure (anhedonia).
Significant wt or appetite changes. Sleep disturbances.
Psychomotor agitation/retardation.
Fatigue/loss of energy.
Poor concentration/focus/indecisiveness.
Feelings of worthlessness.
Excessive/inappropriate guilt.
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PMH-C: Intake/ Screening Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Perinatal Period - Answer✔Conception through the first year after giving birth.
Antenatal - Answer✔Term meaning "During Pregnancy"
Postpartum/Postnatal - Answer✔The first year after giving birth
Disorders - Answer✔Get in the way of daily functioning.
Every year, how many infants are born to mothers who are depressed? - Answer✔400,000,
making perinatal depression the most under diagnosed obstetric complication in America.
What is the prevalence of PMAD's for women? - Answer✔1 out of 5-7 women.
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What is the prevalence of PMAD's for men? - Answer✔1 out of 10 men.
What is the cost of untreated PMAD's? - Answer✔$14.2 Billion annually
How many pregnancies are unplanned? - Answer✔~50%
What are the PMAD etiologies (causes)? - Answer✔Biological Sensitivity to hormonal changes
(sleep deprivation), Vulnerability (such as genetic disposition), psychological (relationship with
own mother, ambivalence to parenthood, self-image/perfectionism), Social/environmental (hx
of trauma, poor social support, institutional racism).
In what ways does culture influence whether PMAD's are recognized? - Answer✔There are
diverse ways that mothers conceptualize and explain their symptoms culturally. They may not
feel they are safe to express their symptoms. May be expressed in somatic (eg. stomach pains
or appetite changes) or affective ways (moods, feelings).
Why is there variability in prevalence rates of PMAD's? - Answer✔Cultural context, screening
inventories, cutoffs used on objective measures, timing of screening and onset of symptoms,
relationship between the subject and the researcher.
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What is the strongest predictor for paternal depression? - Answer✔Maternal depression
When do father's depressive symptoms spike? - Answer✔Between 3-6 months postpartum
What is "masked" male depression? - Answer✔Rather than sadness- men may: increase
substance use, be more irritable/ aggressive/ hostile, may "check out", and self-isolate.
Possible factors for partner depression. - Answer✔Feeling burdened/trapped, financial
burdens, feeling left out, missing sexual relationship, sleep deprivation, isolation and loneliness,
poor social support network.
Percentage of new mothers are universally affected by baby blues - Answer✔60-80%
Hormone fluctuation at the time of birth and acute sleep deprivation can lead to what common
situation or non-disorder? - Answer✔baby blues
How long do the baby blues last? - Answer✔2 days to 2 weeks after birth
When do baby blues typically peak? - Answer✔on day 3-5 after delivery.
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What are the symptoms of baby blues? - Answer✔tearfulness, lability, reactivity, and
exhaustion. Unrelated to stress or prior psychiatric hx.
When making a determination between baby blues and major depression, what should be
considered? - Answer✔severity/intensity, timing/onset, duration/chronicity
Under the DSM-5, what code can we use for postpartum depression? - Answer✔Major Unipolar
Depression (with peripartum onset)
For the DSM-5 code of Major Unipolar Depression (with peripartum onset), 5 or more
symptoms must be present with the same 2-week period: - Answer✔Depressed mood most of
the day nearly every day.
Loss of interest, joy or pleasure (anhedonia).
Significant wt or appetite changes. Sleep disturbances.
Psychomotor agitation/retardation.
Fatigue/loss of energy.
Poor concentration/focus/indecisiveness.
Feelings of worthlessness.
Excessive/inappropriate guilt.
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