You are discussing the epidemiology of mental illness in your psychiatric nursing class. Which of the following explanations for why epidemiology is important in understanding the impact of mental disorders would most likely be expressed?
A) Epidemiology helps understand the patterns of occurrence associated with mental disorders.
B) Epidemiology helps explain research findings about the neurophysiology that causes mental disorders.
C) Epidemiology provides a thorough theoretical explanation of why specific mental disorders occur.
D) Epidemiology predicts when a specific psychiatric client will recover from a specific mental disorder.
A
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