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Here I briefly discuss two published papers on the effects of expressed emotion and the impact it has on people with the mental illness Schizophrenia. Expressed Emotion in Schizophrenia and Other Disorders.
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Expressed emotion and schizophrenia. The expressed emotion EE is considered to be an adverse family environment which includes the quality of interaction patterns and nature of family relationships among the family caregivers and patients of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Influence of EE has been found to be one of the robust predictors of relapse in schizophrenia. This review article aims to provide a brief.
The expressed emotion EE measure is a robust predictor of relapse in schizophrenia. At least twelve studies from a range of cultures have now shown this although the authors of one maintain their findings are the result of confounding factors. Expressed emotion EE has substantial scientific support as a predictor of relapse of positive symptoms.
The median relapse rate in a high-EE environment is 48 compared with 21 in a low-EE environment. This effect does not seem to be due to confounding with other variables but it is subject to limitations in its scope of application. Expressed Emotion and Schizophrenia Vaughn and Leff 1976 Evidence for particular differences in family relationships as a cause of schizophrenia is fairly weak.
However there is support for idea that family relationships and interpersonal communication may well be associated with maintenance of condition and rate of relapse particularly for those returning from a hospital stay. Emotional flatness and lack of expressiveness which is medically known as flat affect is a typical negative symptom that people with schizophrenia suffer from. Start studying Lecture 5.
Expressed Emotion in Schizophrenia and Other Disorders. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Another family variable associated with schizophrenia is a negative emotional climate or more generally a high degree of expressed emotion EE.
EE is a family communication style that involves criticism hostility and emotional over-involvement. Schizophrenia is caused by abnormal and maladaptive patterns of communication within the family This may refer too. - Cold and hostile environments.
A high degree of expressed emotion and emotional over-involvement about the individual in a critical or hostile manner from the carer. The expressed emotion EE is considered to be an adverse family environment which includes the quality of interaction patterns and nature of family relationships among the family caregivers. Here I briefly discuss two published papers on the effects of expressed emotion and the impact it has on people with the mental illness Schizophrenia.
Expressed emotion was developed as a psychosocial predictor of relapse in schizophrenia. However several researchers have documented the link between EE and relapse in patients with mood disorders and eating disorders such as anorexia and obesity. The course of schizophrenia may vary as it depends on many factors.
Expressed emotion of family members has a considerable role in the treatment process. Schizophrenia sufferers who are exposed to family environments characterized by a high level of criticism hostility and emotional over-involvement demonstrate a higher rate of relapse. Having high levels of EE in the family environment is widely recognized as a robust environmental.
Family members high in expressed emotion cause relapse in psychological disorders such as schizophrenia alcoholism children with learning disabilities and bipolar disorder. The stress from negative criticism and pity becomes a burden on the person with. Although it is clear that expressed emotion EE is associated with the course of schizophrenia proposed models for this association have struggled to account for the relationship between the EE index of emotional overinvolvement EOI and relapse.
Using 27 of the studies that focused on outcome in schizophrenia the authors concluded that expressed emotion is a significant and robust predictor of relapse in schizophrenia. Additional analyses demonstrated that the relationship between expressed emotion and relapse was strongest for patients with more chronic schizophrenic illness.