To accurately determine the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders, it is first necessary to have:
a. funding to do studies
b. interrater agreement on definitions of mental illness
c. a single instrument to measure all disorders
d. population-based studies over time
B
To accurately determine the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders, it is first necessary to have interrater agreement on definitions of mental illness. Interrater agreement means that there is consistency in how different raters evaluate an item or client. If nonstandard definitions are used, the raters would evaluate the item or client differently.
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