Stress reduction in the social environment of schizophrenic patients.
Patients with schizophrenia are sensitive to short term social stressors in the form of life events, and the long term stress of living with high Expressed Emotion (EE) relatives. A number of family interventions have been evaluated in controlled trials. A comparison of successful and unsuccessful interventions indicates the optimal type of intervention for patients in high EE environments.
Leff
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MRC Social and Community Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004777:Environment; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D012559:Schizophrenia; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology