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Patient Psychopathology and Expressed Emotion in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Shirley M. Glynn ,
Eugenia T. Randolph ,
Spencer Eth ,
George G. Paz ,
Gregory B. Leong ,
Andrew L. Shaner  and
Angus Strachan
Shirley M. Glynn*
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC, (B151J), 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Eugenia T. Randolph
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
Spencer Eth
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
George G. Paz
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
Gregory B. Leong
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
Andrew L. Shaner
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Evaluation and Admission, West Los Angeles VAMC
Angus Strachan
Affiliation:
Family Assessment and Treatment Laboratory, Clinical Research Center for the Study of Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
*
∗Correspondence
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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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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 6 , December 1990 , pp. 877 - 880
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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