TY - JOUR
T1 - Expressed emotion and schizophrenia in Italy. A study of an urban population
AU - Bertrando, P.
AU - Beltz, J.
AU - Bressi, C.
AU - Clerici, M.
AU - Farma, T.
AU - Invernizzi, G.
AU - Cazzullo, C. L.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Forty-two schizophrenic patients and their close relatives took part in an Italian replication study of expressed emotion (EE). The patients were selected from the psychiatric ward of a general hospital in Milan and were subsequently followed up for nine months. All patients attended a community service clinic as out-patients, and all but one were prescribed neuroleptics for the duration of the study. Relatives were assigned to the high-EE group if they scored 4 or 5 on the emotional overinvolvement (EOI) scale, or showed hostility, or made six or more critical comments. On this basis, 18 (42%) families were rated as low EE and 24 (57%) as high EE. At follow-up, the admission rate for the 9-month period was significantly higher for the high-EE group (P <0.05). Furthermore, significantly fewer patients were readmitted from families showing high warmth (P<0.05). The presence of high warmth appeared to be associated with a lower admission rate, even in high-EE families.
AB - Forty-two schizophrenic patients and their close relatives took part in an Italian replication study of expressed emotion (EE). The patients were selected from the psychiatric ward of a general hospital in Milan and were subsequently followed up for nine months. All patients attended a community service clinic as out-patients, and all but one were prescribed neuroleptics for the duration of the study. Relatives were assigned to the high-EE group if they scored 4 or 5 on the emotional overinvolvement (EOI) scale, or showed hostility, or made six or more critical comments. On this basis, 18 (42%) families were rated as low EE and 24 (57%) as high EE. At follow-up, the admission rate for the 9-month period was significantly higher for the high-EE group (P <0.05). Furthermore, significantly fewer patients were readmitted from families showing high warmth (P<0.05). The presence of high warmth appeared to be associated with a lower admission rate, even in high-EE families.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1355691
AN - SCOPUS:0026674453
VL - 161
SP - 223
EP - 229
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
SN - 0007-1250
IS - AUG.
ER -