PSI Exam: Overview Material Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
PSI Mission Statement - CORRECT ANSWER - To promote awareness, prevention,
and treatment of parental mental health issues related to childbearing in every community
worldwide.
What is the time frame of perinatal period? - CORRECT ANSWER - From conception
through the first year after giving birth.
PPD changed to what? - CORRECT ANSWER - PMAD (perinatal mood anxiety
disorders).
When can PMADs affect people? - CORRECT ANSWER - At any time during their
lives. However, there is an increased risk during the perinatal period and symptoms can have
a unique presentation.
Approximately how many infants are born to mothers who are depressed every year? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Approx. more than 400,000.
What is the most under diagnosed OB complication in America? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Perinatal depression
Can PMADS impact anyone? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes. They do not discriminate.
Is money/SES a protective factor for PMADS? - CORRECT ANSWER - NO
What is the prevalence of PMADS? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 out of 7 women;
- 1 out of 10 men
, Regarding Prenatal Screening, what are common maternal health screenings - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Gestational hypertension
2. Pre eclampsia
3. Gestational diabetes
4. PMADS
What is the prenatal screening percentage for gestational hypertension? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for pre eclampsia? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for gestational diabetes? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6%
What is the prenatal screening for PMADS? - CORRECT ANSWER - 21%
PSI Memorial Quilt - CORRECT ANSWER - Beginning in 2002, this project honored
the memory of women and children who died as a result of postpartum mood disorder.
What is the cost of untreated PMADs? - CORRECT ANSWER - PPD leads to
increased costs of medical care, inappropriate medical care, child abuse and neglect,
discontinuation of breastfeeding, family dysfunction, and adversely affects early brain
development.
What are the risks of untreated PMADs? - CORRECT ANSWER - Relationship
problems;
- Poor adherence to medical care;
- Exacerbation of medical conditions;
- IPV/separation/divorce;
- loss of interpersonal and financial resources;
- Disability/unemployment;
- child neglect and abuse
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
PSI Mission Statement - CORRECT ANSWER - To promote awareness, prevention,
and treatment of parental mental health issues related to childbearing in every community
worldwide.
What is the time frame of perinatal period? - CORRECT ANSWER - From conception
through the first year after giving birth.
PPD changed to what? - CORRECT ANSWER - PMAD (perinatal mood anxiety
disorders).
When can PMADs affect people? - CORRECT ANSWER - At any time during their
lives. However, there is an increased risk during the perinatal period and symptoms can have
a unique presentation.
Approximately how many infants are born to mothers who are depressed every year? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Approx. more than 400,000.
What is the most under diagnosed OB complication in America? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Perinatal depression
Can PMADS impact anyone? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes. They do not discriminate.
Is money/SES a protective factor for PMADS? - CORRECT ANSWER - NO
What is the prevalence of PMADS? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 out of 7 women;
- 1 out of 10 men
, Regarding Prenatal Screening, what are common maternal health screenings - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Gestational hypertension
2. Pre eclampsia
3. Gestational diabetes
4. PMADS
What is the prenatal screening percentage for gestational hypertension? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for pre eclampsia? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for gestational diabetes? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6%
What is the prenatal screening for PMADS? - CORRECT ANSWER - 21%
PSI Memorial Quilt - CORRECT ANSWER - Beginning in 2002, this project honored
the memory of women and children who died as a result of postpartum mood disorder.
What is the cost of untreated PMADs? - CORRECT ANSWER - PPD leads to
increased costs of medical care, inappropriate medical care, child abuse and neglect,
discontinuation of breastfeeding, family dysfunction, and adversely affects early brain
development.
What are the risks of untreated PMADs? - CORRECT ANSWER - Relationship
problems;
- Poor adherence to medical care;
- Exacerbation of medical conditions;
- IPV/separation/divorce;
- loss of interpersonal and financial resources;
- Disability/unemployment;
- child neglect and abuse
