Most Common Correlational Questions

Are stress and onset of mental disorders related?

Is culture (or gender or race) generally linked to mental disorders?

Are income and mental disorders related?

Are social skills tied to mental disorders?

Is social support tied to mental disorders?

Are family conflict and mental disorders related?

Is treatment responsiveness tied to culture?

Which symptoms of a disorder appear together?

How common is a disorder in a particular population?

Most Common Causal Questions

Does factor X cause a disorder?

Is cause A more influential than cause B?

How does family communication and structure affect family members?

How does a disorder affect the quality of a person’s life?

Does treatment X alleviate a disorder?

Is treatment X more helpful than no treatment at all?

Is treatment A more helpful than treatment B?

Why does treatment X work?

Can an intervention prevent abnormal functioning?