An epidemiologist is conducting research on patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. The research is designed to determine what problems occur
at elevated rates among people with this diagnosis. When the data are analyzed, what will they show occurs at higher rates among people with schizophrenia compared to the general population?

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An epidemiologist is conducting research on patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. The research is designed to determine what problems occur
 at elevated rates among people with this diagnosis. When the data are analyzed, what will they show occurs at higher rates among people with schizophrenia compared to the general population?

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Research has consistently shown that individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia have a higher rate of suicide attempts when compared to the general population. Anorexia is more commonly associated with eating disorders, mental retardation is typically associated with intellectual disability and loss of immunological functioning is not consistently associated with schizophrenia.

An Epidemiologist Is Conducting Research on Patients with the Diagnosis