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The Nithsdale Schizophrenia Survey VII. Does Relatives' High Expressed Emotion Predict Relapse?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. G. McCreadie  and
K. Phillips
K. Phillips
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries
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Abstract

A review of all known schizophrenic people living in Nithsdale in South-West Scotland identified long-stay in-patients, patients living on their own and those living with relatives showing low or high expressed emotion (EE). A prospective 12-month follow-up identified relapsing patients, defined as those readmitted to hospital with exacerbation of schizophrenic symptoms or a fresh episode of illness, or, if not readmitted, with a significant increase in antipsychotic medication. There was no difference in relapse rates in patients living on their own, with low-EE, or with high-EE relatives. Amount of contact with high-EE relatives did not affect relapse rates. The different results obtained from the Nithsdale group compared with one from Camberwell are discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 4 , April 1988 , pp. 477 - 481
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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