How Has Research on Comorbidity Changed the Focus of Epidemiological

question 119

Multiple Choice

How has research on comorbidity changed the focus of epidemiological research?

• A)shifted the focus from the psychotic disorders to milder disorders that affect more people
• B)higher than expected prevalence of mental retardation led to more emphasis on intellectual ability
• C)shifted the focus from counting the number of people with a disorder to measuring the functional impairment associated with the problems
• D)evidence for the biological etiology of more mental disorders has switched the focus to identifying the genes responsible for particular disorders

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