Family expressed emotion and relapse in schizophrenia in 24 urban American patients.
The authors examined the correlation between family expressed emotion and relapse in 24 schizophrenic patients in a predominantly inner-city American setting. They found a significant correlation between relapse and high expressed emotion in family members; the level of family expressed emotion was somewhat higher than that reported in previous studies. The findings suggest that the impact of expressed emotion may vary in different sociocultural populations.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012008:Recurrence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012923:Social Class; D013637:Tape Recording; D014505:Urban Population