Mental Illness and Pregnancy

Question 1

___________ – highest in adolescents and late adolescents

Answer 1

Schizophrenia

Question 2

_____________ – occurs almost 4 times more commonly in women than in men, often in late adolescents

Answer 2

Depression

Question 3

Most common mental illness in pregnant women

Answer 3

Depression

Question 4

Pregnancy or childbirth may be an additional ________

Answer 4

stress

Question 5

___________medications should be evaluated before use in
pregnancy, such as________, (mainstay tx from bipolar d/o) are teratogenic

Answer 5

Psychotropic - lithium