TY - JOUR
T1 - The diathesis and/or stressor role of expressed emotion in affective illness
AU - Coiro, Mary Jo
AU - Gottesman, Irving I.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - The concept of expressed emotion, or EE, plays an important role in understanding psychosocial factors in the course of schizophrenia. More recently, the concept of EE has been applied to affectively ill samples, and our review of this research indicates that, overall, depressed patients with a high-EE relative are 13 times more likely to relapse than those with a low-EE relative. Next, we consider whether high EE is an indicator of the depressed patient-relative relationship, characteristics of the depressed person, or (in some cases) an indicator of parental psychopathology. Finally, we recommend that our understanding of the mechanisms by which EE is associated with relapse will be enhanced by integrating EE with existing theories of the etiologies and courses of the varieties of affective disorders. Key words: depression, expressed emotion, family stress, diathesis-stress, vulnerability.
AB - The concept of expressed emotion, or EE, plays an important role in understanding psychosocial factors in the course of schizophrenia. More recently, the concept of EE has been applied to affectively ill samples, and our review of this research indicates that, overall, depressed patients with a high-EE relative are 13 times more likely to relapse than those with a low-EE relative. Next, we consider whether high EE is an indicator of the depressed patient-relative relationship, characteristics of the depressed person, or (in some cases) an indicator of parental psychopathology. Finally, we recommend that our understanding of the mechanisms by which EE is associated with relapse will be enhanced by integrating EE with existing theories of the etiologies and courses of the varieties of affective disorders. Key words: depression, expressed emotion, family stress, diathesis-stress, vulnerability.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2850.1996.tb00085.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2850.1996.tb00085.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000420736
SN - 0969-5893
VL - 3
SP - 310
EP - 322
JO - Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
JF - Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
IS - 4
ER -