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Expressed Emotion and First-Admission Schizophrenia

Nine-Month Follow-up in a French Cultural Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

L. Barrelet ,
F. Ferrero ,
L. Szigethy ,
C. Giddey  and
G. Pellizzer
L. Barrelet*
Affiliation:
Hopital Psychiatrique Cantonal, 2018 Perreux, Switzerland
F. Ferrero
Affiliation:
Secteur Jonction, Service Psychiatrie II, Institutions Universitaires de Psychiatrie Genevoises (IUPG)
L. Szigethy
Affiliation:
IUPG, 1224 Geneva, Switzerland
C. Giddey
Affiliation:
IUPG, 1224 Geneva, Switzerland
G. Pellizzer
Affiliation:
IUPG, 1224 Geneva, Switzerland
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A study of 36 French-speaking families in Geneva identified 66% of high-EE household. At nine-month follow-up, the relapse rate for the high-EE group (33%) was significantly higher than for the low-EE group (0%). These results seem to confirm the relevance of EE as predictor of relapse. However, in our sample, it appears that one component of EE, critical comments, was principally responsible for the prognostic validity.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 357 - 362
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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