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PSI Exam-Perinatal Mental Health Disorders: Q’s & A’s
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PSI Exam-Perinatal Mental Health Disorders: Q’s & A’sAmong women in the leading cause of disease related disability is depression.
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders have been identified and women of
every culture, age, income level and ethnicity. Perinatal is pregnancy in the
first year of life after baby is born. Research suggests that perinatal mood and
anxiety disorders can appear during pregnancy or days or even months after
childbirth. Right Ans - True
Baby blues affects between 60 and 80% a new moms. Symptoms include
crying feeling overwhelmed and being uncertain. Mild symptomology
predominate feeling of happiness. Peaks 3 to 5 days after delivery. Right
Ans - True
Normal changes include crying, feeling overwhelmed, and being uncertain.
May have a cute sleep deprivation and fatigue. Maybe tearful, have
emotionally ability, and reactivity predominate mood is happiness. Self-
esteem is normal. Right Ans - True
How do you distinguish clinical presentation from baby blues? Right Ans -
Severity, timing, and duration. Loss of interest, joy, pleasure "this doesn't feel
like me."
Onset of postpartum depression Right Ans - Can be anytime, usually
gradual, anytime within first year. Really can occur anytime from conception
through first year. Prior mental health is a contributing factor.
Without treatment postpartum depression can have long lasting affects on the
mother, her family, and her partner Right Ans - True
Baby blue statistics Right Ans - Affects between 60 and 80% of women,
fatigue, acute sleep deprivation, predominate mood is happiness, not a mild
form of depression. Lasts up to two weeks. Good self-esteem
Prevalence rates for depression and anxiety and postpartum women Right
Ans - 15 to 20%, one and seven is often cited. In men one and 10
Perinatal features a pregnancy Right Ans - Mood is labile, teary, self-esteem
is normal, bladder or heartburn me awake and in the night, can fell asleep, no
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