Anthropology, Expressed Emotion, and Schizophrenia

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...

Expressed emotion and sociocultural moderation in the course of schizophrenia.

This study examined whether the sociocultural context moderates the relationship between families' expressed emotion (EE) and clinical outcomes in schizophrenia. In a sample of 60 Mexican American caregivers and their ill relatives, we first assessed whether EE and its indices (criticism, emotional overinvolvement [EOI], and warmth) related to relapse. Second, we extended the analysis of EE and...

Stigma and expressed emotion: a study of people with schizophrenia and their family members in China.

BACKGROUND The most damaging effect of stigma is the internalisation of others' negative valuations. AIMS To explore the factors that mediate patients' emotional and cognitive responses to stigma. METHOD Based on responses to 10 open-ended questions about stigma appended to the Chinese version of the Camberwell Family Interview, trained coders rated the effect of stigma on both patients and...

Expressed emotion: current status

Almost three decades of controversy have surrounded the concept of'expressed emotion'. This fascinating saga has been carefully chronicled in the recent book by Leff and Vaughn, Expressed Emotion in Families (1985). The original work derived from the unexpected finding that long-stay patients survived longer in community settings and maintained better social functioning when they were discharge...