PSI
EXAM:
PSYCHOPHARMAC
OLOGY (PSI
MANUAL)
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
,- We are often the front line providers to assess the symptoms, recognize the risks, refer to the
prescribing provider and follow up with patients for psychotherapy and additional supportive
services.
- There is power in having knowledge about medications in case clients express concerns about
taking medication in pregnancy and the postpartum. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Why do
therapists need to be knowledgable about medications during perinatal period?
- Patient history and illness severity;
- Is medication indicated?
- Risks/benefits of medication exposure vs risk of untreated illness;
- Consider addition of other treatment options - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- What should
providers assess?
- Assess
- Develop communication skills for discussing treatment plan
- Maintain updated local referral network
- Read and stay up to date on perinatal mental health - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- What are the
providers roles and objectives?
- Close to 13% - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Close to _________ % of women aged 12 years
and over have used an antidepressant medication.
- True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: Since up to 50% of pregnancies are
unplanned, early exposure has often occurred?
- Current symptoms;
- Past treatment history;
- Personal and cultural considerations; and
- Family history - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Treatment decisions must be evaluated individually.
What must you consider?
- True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: Psychiatric prescribers can be uncomfortable
prescribing during pregnancy?
- True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: OB practitioners are sometimes unfamiliar
with psychiatric assessment and prescribing
, - True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: Often other professionals offer input on
treatment decisions, which can be ill informed and outdated causing mothers to doubt their
healthcare provider.
- The mother and the fetus. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- You have two patients. Treatment
potentially benefits whom?
- Potential risks to mother and fetus - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Failure to treat poses potential
risks to whom?
- True - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: When a psychiatric condition necessitates
pharmacotherapy, the benefits of such therapy far outweigh the potential minimal risks?
- No randomized, double blind, placebo controlled studies.
- Many studies are retrospective database and case control studies. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER-
Why is there so much conflicting data on perinatal and medications?
- Other prescription and non prescription drugs
- nutrition
- ETOH/cigarettes
- genetic influences
- obesity
- method of delivery
- environmental toxins
- maternal/paternal age
- length of gestation
- stress
- SES
- measurements of mood during treatment - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- What are some
confounding variables in assessing risk?
- Psychotherapy as first line
- continue meds if needed - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- According to the Joint Report from APA
and ACOG, what are the Depression During Pregnancy Treatment Guidelines for mild to
moderate depression?
- Continue meds - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- According to the Joint Report from APA and
ACOG, what are the Depression During Pregnancy Treatment Guidelines for severe or
recurrent depression?
- Immediate referral to hospital or psychiatric care provider - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER-
According to the Joint Report from APA and ACOG, what are the Depression During Pregnancy
Treatment Guidelines for suicidal or psychotic?
EXAM:
PSYCHOPHARMAC
OLOGY (PSI
MANUAL)
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
,- We are often the front line providers to assess the symptoms, recognize the risks, refer to the
prescribing provider and follow up with patients for psychotherapy and additional supportive
services.
- There is power in having knowledge about medications in case clients express concerns about
taking medication in pregnancy and the postpartum. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Why do
therapists need to be knowledgable about medications during perinatal period?
- Patient history and illness severity;
- Is medication indicated?
- Risks/benefits of medication exposure vs risk of untreated illness;
- Consider addition of other treatment options - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- What should
providers assess?
- Assess
- Develop communication skills for discussing treatment plan
- Maintain updated local referral network
- Read and stay up to date on perinatal mental health - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- What are the
providers roles and objectives?
- Close to 13% - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Close to _________ % of women aged 12 years
and over have used an antidepressant medication.
- True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: Since up to 50% of pregnancies are
unplanned, early exposure has often occurred?
- Current symptoms;
- Past treatment history;
- Personal and cultural considerations; and
- Family history - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Treatment decisions must be evaluated individually.
What must you consider?
- True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: Psychiatric prescribers can be uncomfortable
prescribing during pregnancy?
- True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: OB practitioners are sometimes unfamiliar
with psychiatric assessment and prescribing
, - True. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: Often other professionals offer input on
treatment decisions, which can be ill informed and outdated causing mothers to doubt their
healthcare provider.
- The mother and the fetus. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- You have two patients. Treatment
potentially benefits whom?
- Potential risks to mother and fetus - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- Failure to treat poses potential
risks to whom?
- True - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- True or False: When a psychiatric condition necessitates
pharmacotherapy, the benefits of such therapy far outweigh the potential minimal risks?
- No randomized, double blind, placebo controlled studies.
- Many studies are retrospective database and case control studies. - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER-
Why is there so much conflicting data on perinatal and medications?
- Other prescription and non prescription drugs
- nutrition
- ETOH/cigarettes
- genetic influences
- obesity
- method of delivery
- environmental toxins
- maternal/paternal age
- length of gestation
- stress
- SES
- measurements of mood during treatment - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- What are some
confounding variables in assessing risk?
- Psychotherapy as first line
- continue meds if needed - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- According to the Joint Report from APA
and ACOG, what are the Depression During Pregnancy Treatment Guidelines for mild to
moderate depression?
- Continue meds - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- According to the Joint Report from APA and
ACOG, what are the Depression During Pregnancy Treatment Guidelines for severe or
recurrent depression?
- Immediate referral to hospital or psychiatric care provider - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER-
According to the Joint Report from APA and ACOG, what are the Depression During Pregnancy
Treatment Guidelines for suicidal or psychotic?
