Perinatal mental health

What are the specific recommendations that have come from the various confidential enquiries into maternal death?

Who should be referred for psychiatric assessment?

Give an overview of psychiatric disorders in pregnancy.

What is the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the perinatal period?

What are "The Pinks"?

What are "The Blues"?

Describe depressive illness in the postpartum period.

What is the risk of recurrence of post natal depressive illness?

Describe the features of postpartum/Puerperal Psychosis.

What is the risk of postpartum psychosis in a woman with bipolar disorder or a previous postpartum psychosis?

What should be included in a birth plan for a woman referred to psychiatric services during her pregnancy?

Bipolar disorder is the psychiatric disorder most commonly associated with postpartum psychosis, True or False?

Women with a family history of suicide are not at increased risk of suicide, True or False?

With postpartum psychosis, there are usually warning signs in the woman's mental state 2 weeks before the diagnosis, True or False?

A woman with a history of self harm elicited at booking should always be referred to a psychiatric service, True or False?

Depression in the postnatal period most commonly presents at about 6 weeks after delivery, True or False?

A woman with a diagnosis of personality disorder elicited at booking should not be referred to the perinatal psychiatric service, True or False?

With a history of postpartum psychosis, increased monitoring of the woman's mental state should begin at day 5 postpartum, True or False?

Women with a history of mild depression treated by their GP should be referred to Perinatal Psychiatry, True or False?

The risk of developing postpartum psychosis in a woman with a history of postpartum psychosis is 1 in 4, True or False?

1 in 10 women will suffer some form of mental disorder postnatally, True or False?

When a postpartum psychosis is developing, the most common first symptoms are auditory hallucinations, True or False?

The "Blues" usually start to resolve after 3 weeks, True or False?