The _____ of a disorder refers to the number of people who have ever had the disorder over a specified period of time.
A) prevalence
B) incidence
C) probability
D) validity

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Prevalence refers to the overall number of individuals in a population who have a specific disorder at a certain point in time or over a specified period. In contrast, incidence refers to the rate of new cases of a disorder that emerge in a specific population over a set period. Probability and validity are not relevant to measuring the number of individuals with a disorder.

The _____ of a Disorder Refers to the Number of People