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Manual Questions and Complete Solutions
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PSI Mission Statement - 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? - Answer: - From conception through the first year after
giving birth.
PPD changed to what? - Answer: - PMAD (perinatal mood anxiety disorders).
When can PMADs affect people? - 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? - Answer: -
Approx. more than 400,000.
What is the most under diagnosed OB complication in America? - Answer: - Perinatal depression
Can PMADS impact anyone? - Answer: - Yes. They do not discriminate.
Is money/SES a protective factor for PMADS? - Answer: - NO
What is the prevalence of PMADS? - Answer: - 1 out of 7 women;
- 1 out of 10 men
Regarding Prenatal Screening, what are common maternal health screenings - Answer: 1. Gestational
hypertension
2. Pre eclampsia
, 3. Gestational diabetes
4. PMADS
What is the prenatal screening percentage for gestational hypertension? - Answer: - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for pre eclampsia? - Answer: - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for gestational diabetes? - Answer: - 6%
What is the prenatal screening for PMADS? - Answer: - 21%
PSI Memorial Quilt - 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? - 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? - 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
- Developmental delays/behavioral problems;
- Tobacco, alcohol, illicit drug use;
- Infanticide/homicide/suicide
What is the percentage of unplanned pregnancies? - Answer: - 50%
Manual Questions and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
PSI Mission Statement - 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? - Answer: - From conception through the first year after
giving birth.
PPD changed to what? - Answer: - PMAD (perinatal mood anxiety disorders).
When can PMADs affect people? - 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? - Answer: -
Approx. more than 400,000.
What is the most under diagnosed OB complication in America? - Answer: - Perinatal depression
Can PMADS impact anyone? - Answer: - Yes. They do not discriminate.
Is money/SES a protective factor for PMADS? - Answer: - NO
What is the prevalence of PMADS? - Answer: - 1 out of 7 women;
- 1 out of 10 men
Regarding Prenatal Screening, what are common maternal health screenings - Answer: 1. Gestational
hypertension
2. Pre eclampsia
, 3. Gestational diabetes
4. PMADS
What is the prenatal screening percentage for gestational hypertension? - Answer: - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for pre eclampsia? - Answer: - 6-8%
What is the prenatal screening for gestational diabetes? - Answer: - 6%
What is the prenatal screening for PMADS? - Answer: - 21%
PSI Memorial Quilt - 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? - 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? - 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
- Developmental delays/behavioral problems;
- Tobacco, alcohol, illicit drug use;
- Infanticide/homicide/suicide
What is the percentage of unplanned pregnancies? - Answer: - 50%
