Patient psychopathology and expressed emotion in schizophrenia.

Glynn, S M; Randolph, E T; Eth, S; Paz, G G; Leong, G B; Shaner, A L; Strachan, A · Br J Psychiatry · 1990

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

The relationship of a full range of psychiatric symptoms to EE was examined in 40 men with BPRS and SANS diagnoses of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Patients from high-EE families had significantly higher ratings of positive symptoms, anxious depression, and overall psychopathology, but not negative symptoms, than did those from low-EE families. In predicting relapses of schizophrenia, account may need to be taken of an interaction between subtle differences in symptoms and relatives' attitudes.

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