role of parental expressed emotion in relapse of sehizophrenia

ABSTRACT

Eighty-seven schizophrenic patients were initially assessed on admission to the hospital, when their parents completed a Camberwell Family Interview, generating "Expressed Emotion" [EE] scores. After nine months, the relapse-rate for the high EE score group [74%] was significantly higher than that of the low EE score group [22%]. The result seems to confirm the relevance of EE score as a predictor for relapse-rate [p<0.05]. In our study, we compare the EE components in parents of schizophrenic patients to that of other countries