Correlation of family expressed emotion and frequency of relapse schizophrenia patients

Effect of Strengthening Family Coping Resources on Emotion Regulation of Family Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia

Background: Strengthening the coping resources as an instruction for anxiety-regulation may affect the emotion-regulation of families. Regarding the significant role of families in health of these patients, it seems that interference in strengthening coping resources affects their emotion-regulation. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of strengtheni...

the role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in predicting addiction relapse

background emotional conditions governing the family and patients’ perceived social support play important roles in the treatment or relapse process of the chronic disease. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in prediction of addiction relapse. patients and methods the descriptive-correlation method was used in the ...

The Predictive Value of Family Expressed Emotion in Eating Disorders

Background: The measure of Expressed Emotion (EE) has been extensively used for the investigation of family interaction in different clinical populations. However, very few clinical data exist which clarify the nature of the relationship between family EE and eating disorders, as well as the prognostic value of the EE variables.Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine if family EE p...

Communication Deviance, Expressed Emotion, and Family Cohesion in Schizophrenia

Expressed emotion and family interactions in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia.

Patients with schizophrenia who are exposed to family environments high in expressed emotion (EE) are at increased risk of relapse. EE is usually measured by an interview with one family member and does not include a direct assessment of family interaction. To understand better the key processes that underlie the relationship between EE and course of illness, we applied a well-validated measure...