PMH-C EXAM Complete Questions and Guide Answers
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1. Military Stressors
Answer Recent/upcoming deployment Potential lack of
emotional support from partner
Fear for welfare or self or partner
Living without partner
Single parenting
Concerns about childcare
Inadequate support
Location away from friends and family
Possibility of no established relationships with recent move
Lack of providers who understand military culture
Lack of providers for beneficiaries
Lack of providers who accept insurance
Lack of peer support due to "army strong" mentality
Lack of disclosure to others due to "small town"
Lack of ability to provide peer support due to own needs
Focus often on active duty member's psychological issuesv
,2. Jane Honikman
Answer Founder of PSI
3. What year was PSI established?
Answer 1987
4. Louis Victor Marce
Answer French psychiatrist who wrote first treatise on puerperal (about six weeks after childbirth)
mental illness
5. James A. Hamilton Father of Postpartum Psychiatric Illness
Wrote book
Answer Postpartum Psychiatric Problems
Founded the Marce Society
Advocate of research, treatment and social support movement
6. DAD
Answer Depression After Delivery (USA)
7. APNI
Answer Association for Post Natal Illness (England)
8. PANDA
Answer Post and Ante Natal Depression Association (Australia)
9. Postpartum Education for Parents
Answer Postpartum Education for Parents (USA)
10. Most important part of mental health for women, children, and families
Answer Social support
11. How many countries does PSI have members in?
Answer Over 40 countries
,12. What percentage of women will experience postpartum depression?
Answer 21%
13. What percentage of pregnant woman will experience moderate to severe
symptoms of depression and/or anxiety?
Answer 20%
14. What percentage of pregnant women with psychiatric diagnosis were treat-
ed?
Answer Less than 86%
15. What percentage of women on antidepressants were symptomatic due to
suboptimal treatment?
Answer Over 50%
16. The perinatal period
Answer The entire time frame from pregnancy through the first year after giving birth
17. PMAD
Answer Perinatal Mood (depression and bipolar) Anxiety (GAD, panic, OCD, PTSD) Disorders
18. What percentage of pregnancies are unplanned?
Answer 50%
19. PMDD
Answer Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Sensitive to hormonal changes
Risk factor for PMAD
20. What disorders classify as a PMAD?
Answer Depression Anxiety and Panic disorder
OCD
, PTSD
Perinatal Bipolar
Psychosis
21. Perinatal depression
Answer Most under diagnosed obstetric complication in America
Increased costs of medical care
Inappropriate medical care
Child abuse and neglect
Discontinuation of breastfeeding
Family dysfunction
Adversely attects early brain development
40% of cases are detected and diagnosed
60% receive treatment
22. Prevalence for Prenatal anxiety
Answer 15.8%
23. Prevalence for postpartum anxiety
Answer 8% - 20%
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1. Military Stressors
Answer Recent/upcoming deployment Potential lack of
emotional support from partner
Fear for welfare or self or partner
Living without partner
Single parenting
Concerns about childcare
Inadequate support
Location away from friends and family
Possibility of no established relationships with recent move
Lack of providers who understand military culture
Lack of providers for beneficiaries
Lack of providers who accept insurance
Lack of peer support due to "army strong" mentality
Lack of disclosure to others due to "small town"
Lack of ability to provide peer support due to own needs
Focus often on active duty member's psychological issuesv
,2. Jane Honikman
Answer Founder of PSI
3. What year was PSI established?
Answer 1987
4. Louis Victor Marce
Answer French psychiatrist who wrote first treatise on puerperal (about six weeks after childbirth)
mental illness
5. James A. Hamilton Father of Postpartum Psychiatric Illness
Wrote book
Answer Postpartum Psychiatric Problems
Founded the Marce Society
Advocate of research, treatment and social support movement
6. DAD
Answer Depression After Delivery (USA)
7. APNI
Answer Association for Post Natal Illness (England)
8. PANDA
Answer Post and Ante Natal Depression Association (Australia)
9. Postpartum Education for Parents
Answer Postpartum Education for Parents (USA)
10. Most important part of mental health for women, children, and families
Answer Social support
11. How many countries does PSI have members in?
Answer Over 40 countries
,12. What percentage of women will experience postpartum depression?
Answer 21%
13. What percentage of pregnant woman will experience moderate to severe
symptoms of depression and/or anxiety?
Answer 20%
14. What percentage of pregnant women with psychiatric diagnosis were treat-
ed?
Answer Less than 86%
15. What percentage of women on antidepressants were symptomatic due to
suboptimal treatment?
Answer Over 50%
16. The perinatal period
Answer The entire time frame from pregnancy through the first year after giving birth
17. PMAD
Answer Perinatal Mood (depression and bipolar) Anxiety (GAD, panic, OCD, PTSD) Disorders
18. What percentage of pregnancies are unplanned?
Answer 50%
19. PMDD
Answer Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Sensitive to hormonal changes
Risk factor for PMAD
20. What disorders classify as a PMAD?
Answer Depression Anxiety and Panic disorder
OCD
, PTSD
Perinatal Bipolar
Psychosis
21. Perinatal depression
Answer Most under diagnosed obstetric complication in America
Increased costs of medical care
Inappropriate medical care
Child abuse and neglect
Discontinuation of breastfeeding
Family dysfunction
Adversely attects early brain development
40% of cases are detected and diagnosed
60% receive treatment
22. Prevalence for Prenatal anxiety
Answer 15.8%
23. Prevalence for postpartum anxiety
Answer 8% - 20%
