Expressed emotion as a predictor of schizophrenic relapse: an analysis of aggregated data

1 November 1990

journal article
review article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine

Vol. 20 (4) , 961-965
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700036655

Abstract

Synopsis: We examine published data from 12 studies assessing the capacity of Expressed Emotion (EE) status to predict schizophrenic relapse. Analysis of aggregated data, for 908 subjects, established a 3–7 times greater likelihood of relapse in those categorized as high EE, and a somewhat waning predictive strength EE over the publication interval, 1962–88.

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