What is mental health epidemiology? How is it studied?

What will be an ideal response?


Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of a health-related problem within a population. Mental health epidemiology is the distribution and frequency of mental disorders. A key element in studying this is the frequency of mental disorder, which includes prevalence rates.

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a. recombine. b. break down chemically. c. bleach. d. dissipate.

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Which theory of color vision appears to explain instances of color blindness best?

a. ?frequency theory b. ?volley theory c. ?trichromatic theory d. ?opponent-process theory

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Salvatore has been described by his classmates as unfriendly, argumentative, and unpleasant to be around. If these characteristics had to be summed up in one of the factors of the Big Five, which would it be?

a) conscientiousness b) extraversion c) agreeableness d) openness to experience

Psychology

MDMA, or Ecstasy, interferes with the reuptake of norepinephrine

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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