PSYCH 476 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Network Monitoring, Psychopathology, Dsm-5
5 Sep 2016
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The percentage of individuals in a population with a given medical or. Parent"s may not understand language or may not know all of what their. Their responses may not be accurate or helpful. There is a high prevalence of childhood disorders. This could affect the validity of their response. Language in prevalence surveys may be confusing to. How do they gather their data? to establish baseline prevalence data. Want to obtain complete # of kids with asm. Use a review of medical and educational records. Need to know who is affected with autism in communities. Then, devise resources correctly to meet their needs. Time consuming (1) (2) (3) time data is published. Publishing data may take up to 2 years. In this time, there could be a change in prevalence by the. Informs us that these disorders do not go away by themselves.
