You are participating as a speaker in a public workshop on the topic of promoting mental health in young and middle-aged adults. You tell the audience that age, unemployment, and lower education are risk factors associated with mental illness
A woman raises her hand and asks, "Does that mean because I only have a 10th grade education and am unemployed that I will develop a mental illness?" Your best response to the woman's question would be:
A) "Not necessarily, it just means that there is an increased chance that you might."
B) "Of course not, we live in a rural small town, and these statistics are primarily based on people who live in large cities."
C) "Yes, I am afraid so; however, with early detection we can prevent the mental illness from worsening."
D) "It probably does, but we have developed advanced medications that successfully treat mental illness."
A
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