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Expressed Emotion and Relapse in First Episodes of Schizophrenia

A Rejoinder to Macmillan et al (1986)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jim Mintz ,
Lois Mintz  and
Michael J. Goldstein
Jim Mintz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology
Lois Mintz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology
Michael J. Goldstein*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
*
Department of Psychology, Franz Hall 1283, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
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Re-analyses of data presented by Macmillan et al (1986b) challenge their conclusions that high expressed emotion is not prognosticate significant for the course of schizophrenia or unrelated to the level of behavioural disturbance prior to admission. Several equally plausible models of causal relationships between EE and duration of untreated illness are presented. We conclude that our re-analyses of the Macmillan data do not warrant premature closure regarding the significance of the EE variable.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 3 , September 1987 , pp. 314 - 320
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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