In this study we tested an attributional model of expressed emotion (EE) among Mexican-American families. A sample of 46 key family members of schizophrenic patients were measured on three dimensions: affect toward patient, controllability attributions, and level of EE. Consistent with an attributional model, we found that high EE families (defined on the basis of critical comments) viewed the ...

BACKGROUND Suicide is a global issue among the elderly, but few studies have explored the experiences of suicide ideation in older Asian psychiatric outpatients. METHOD Older psychiatric outpatients (N = 24) were recruited by convenience from one medical centre and one regional hospital in northern Taiwan. Participants were recruited if they met these inclusion criteria: 1) ≥ 65 years old, 2)...

this study has emphasized the importance of family training on: 1) adaptation of patieants in everyday life, 2) increasing family knowledge and, 3) reducing family negative attitude toward this illness. using a questionnaire and clinical interview, 30 families were studied in 3 groups, which wre matched regarding the patients sex, age, education, social class and dagnosis. the results showed th...

background: given the high prevalence of addiction in iran and its social and health problems, addiction is considered as one of the few national health priority. this study compared the views of addicts and their families about the causes of drug abuse that referred to addiction centers in khorramabad, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on addicts and their families who re...

The health of carers and others close to the patient will often be relevant to economic evaluation, but it is very rarely considered in practice. This may reflect a lack of understanding of how the spillover effect of illness can be appropriately quantified. In this study we used three different approaches to quantify health spillovers resulting from meningitis. We conducted a survey of 1218 fa...

common variable immunodeficiency (cvid) and selective iga deficiency (sigad) are the most common primary antibody deficiencies. these two diseases may have coincidence in one family and sigad can progress to cvid which suggest common underlying genetic defects between sigad and cvid. this study was designed to find the prevalence of multiple cases in families of iranian patients with cvid or si...

The present study examined attributions, emotions, and help-giving of 24 relatively unacculturated Latino-Americans toward a family member with schizophrenia. Ninety-one percent of participants had been rated as low in expressed emotion (low-EE) in an earlier study using a sample that overlaps with the present study. Low-EE refers to relatives who express few critical attitudes when talking abo...