Quiz 1: Introduction to maternal mental health
Please choose the one, most correct answer to each question or statement.
- What is mental illness?
- Feeling distressed
- A diagnosable condition
- Irritating behaviour
- Stressing other people
- How common is mental illness during and after pregnancy in South Africa?
- Less common than in high-income countries
- All pregnant women suffer from mental illness
- About 1 in 3 pregnant women in South Africa have a mental illness
- It is very rare for pregnant women in South Africa
- Which mental illnesses are known as common mental disorders?
- Depression and anxiety
- Schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder
- Bipolar affective disorder and obsessive–compulsive disorder
- TB and HIV/AIDS
- How can mental illness in the mother affect the baby?
- It is caused by a virus and so crosses the placental barrier
- Babies are likely to develop genetic defects
- Babies are too young to be affected
- Babies may be delivered prematurely with low birth weight
- Which of the following statements is true?
- Women with mental illnesses cannot get better
- All women with mental illness should be admitted to hospital
- Postnatal psychosis is the only mental illness women suffer from around childbirth
- Mental illness in the mother can have a negative effect for the child
- Which of the following are risk factors for maternal mental illness?
- Living in a high-income country
- Smoking
- Being a teenager
- Having more than 4 children
- A pregnant woman who learns that she is HIV positive during pregnancy may:
- Feel guilty or anxious about her baby possibly getting HIV
- Become depressed and feel it is not worth adhering to the PMTCT protocol
- Deny her HIV status
- All of the above
- Which of the following has a positive effect on maternal mental health?
- Supportive family and friends
- Substance use
- Previous history of mental illness
- Unintended (unplanned) pregnancy
- What is the ‘baby blues’?
- A baby that needs to be given oxygen at birth
- A male infant
- Bruising from delivery
- Temporary mood swings after the birth of the baby
- Which of the following could be a symptom of depression?
- Spending too much money
- Active sex drive
- Feeling helpless and worthless
- Nail biting
- Which of the following physical symptoms may be associated with a mental illness?
- Headaches
- Disturbed sleep
- Both headaches and disturbed sleep
- None of the above
- Which of the following could be a symptom of anxiety?
- Sweating
- Swearing
- Having hallucinations
- Sleeping all the time
- What is tocophobia?
- Fear of the unknown
- Fear of childbirth
- Fear of smoke
- Fear of hospitals
- Obsessive–compulsive disorder is suspected when
- Someone is obsessed with a famous person
- Someone has unwanted thoughts that are repeated
- Someone is afraid of strangers
- Someone has low appetite and sleeps little
- What is the cause of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
- Being exposed to a virus
- Coming from a foreign country
- An unintended (unplanned) pregnancy
- A traumatic experience
- If a woman has post-traumatic stress disorder what behaviour could she display?
- She may want more attention than other women
- She may not keep herself clean
- She may be very frightened and jumpy
- She may be sleepy all the time
- Psychosis is suspected when:
- Someone is rude
- Someone is out of touch with reality
- Someone feels worthless
- Someone trembles and has a racing heart
- Which of the following could be a symptom of psychosis?
- Laughing at something sad
- Crying at something sad
- Being sad all the time
- Sleeping all the time
- What is substance use disorder?
- Drinking or taking drugs during pregnancy
- Drinking or taking drugs because of problems at work
- Having to take drugs because of high blood pressure
- Being dependent on drinking or drugs to get through the day
- What is co-morbid?
- When both mother and baby die in childbirth
- When two symptoms of the same disease are present
- When two illnesses occur at the same time
- When either the mother or the baby are ill
