What two risk factors did the 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study identify to be the strongest predictors of later mental health problems?
A)Failure to graduate high school; parent mental disorder
B)Parent mental disorder; childhood sexual abuse
C)Childhood sexual abuse; low socioeconomic status
D)Low socioeconomic status; failure to graduate high school

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The 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study identified parent mental disorder and childhood sexual abuse to be the two strongest predictors of later mental health problems. Choice A, failure to graduate high school, is a risk factor for mental health problems but not identified as one of the strongest predictors in this study. Choice C, low socioeconomic status, is also a risk factor but not identified as one of the strongest predictors in this study. Choice D is incorrect as it combines both risk factors identified in the study with the incorrect order.

What Two Risk Factors Did the 1990 Ontario Mental Health