PMH C TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
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-mood swings, weepiness, anxiety, sleep difficulties;
What do the baby blues
people are predominately happy and self esteem
consist of and what is the
stays the same; it goes away with rest, food, support,
treatment?
and time
what percentage of new 60-80%
mom's do baby blues
impact?
what causes the baby hormonal changes during birth and lack of sleep;
blues? unrelated to stress or prior psych history
last between 2days-2 weeks after birth; usually peaks
what is the timeline of
3-5 days after delivery; beyond 2 weeks means its not
baby blues?
baby blues
agitation and anxiety, anger and rage, insomnia,
what are symptoms of mania, non-psychotic intrusive thoughts and images,
PMADs? protectiveness and hypervigilance, drug and alcohol
dependence
onset of PMADs? any time in the first year of postpartum
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rates of severe depression 1/7 mothers ; 20% experience pp dep
or anxiety during
pregnancy or
postpartum?
rates of PP psychosis? 1-2/1000 mothers
rates of dads that 1/10 dads
experience pp dep?
-increased negative parenting (psychological control,
hostility, intrusiveness)
what is paternal
-decreased positive parenting behaviors (affection,
depression associated
positive involvement, supportiveness)
with?
-depressed dads are almost 4 times more likely to
report spanking
what are the -associated with adverse child outcomes (e.g. child at
consequences of paternal increased risk for developing dep at 18 years)
depression?
what is the timeline of -can begin any time during or after pregnancy,
perinatal features of including loss
mental illness?
panic attacks, insomnia, low appetite, fears (e.g. losing
symptoms of perinatal
control, illness, danger, fainting), physical symptoms
anxiety disorders
(shaky, dizzy, shortness of breath)
sadness, crying spells, overwhelm, irritability,
symptoms of perinatal
agitation, anger, sleep disturbances, appetite
depressive disorders
changes, mood swings, apathy, exhaustion
-avoiding contact with childbirth providers or
locations
symptoms of perinatal -distancing from partner
traumatic stress disorders -nightmares and emotional flooding
-recurring feelings and ruminating about birth or past
trauma
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diagnostic requirements -symptoms last more than 1 month after event
of perinatal traumatic -symptoms include: intrusion, avoidance, negativity in
stress disorders? cognitions and mood, and arousal symptoms
prevalence of prenatal 3.3%
PTSD?
prevalence of postpartum community: 4%
PTSD in community high risk (defined as current maternal dep, history of
samples and high-risk psych illness, and infant complications): 18.5%
groups
an event during labor that involves actual or
what defines birth trauma? threatened serious injury or death to mother or infant,
or the woman being stripped of her dignity
prevalence of PTSD from community: 3%
birth trauma in community high risk: 16%
and high risk samples?
what is acute trauma? results from a single traumatic incident
repeated and prolonged trauma (e.g. domestic
what is chronic trauma?
violence)
what is complex trauma? exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events
-intrusive, repetitive thoughts- usually of harm coming
to baby (e.g. deliberate harm, contamination,
accidental harm, ordering/rearranging, religious,
checking)
symptoms of perinatal
-a lot of guilt and shame
OCD
-horrified by these thoughts
-hypervigilance
-engage in behaviors to avoid harm or minimize
triggers
what is the risk of OCD in -perinatal women have a 1.5-2 times greater risk
perinatal women
compared to the general
population?
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