INTERACTION OF LIFE EVENTS AND RELATIVES EXPRESSED EMOTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSIVE NEUROSIS

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作者
LEFF, J [1 ]
VAUGHN, C [1 ]
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[1] MENTAL HLTH CLIN RES CTR STUDY SCHIZOPHRENIA, FAMILY FACTORS PROJECT, CAMARILLO, CA 93010 USA
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10.1192/bjp.136.2.146
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
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A history of life events in the 3 mo. before onset of illness was taken in a group of schizophrenic and a group of depressed neurotic in-patients. The expressed emotion (EE) of the patients'' key relatives was measured. There was no difference between the schizophrenic and depressed patients in the rate of events in the 3 mo. period before onset or in the proportion of undesirable events. The 2 groups exhibited significantly different patterns of interaction between life events and relatives'' EE. Schizophrenic patients living with high EE relatives had a low rate of life events compared with those living with low EE relatives, whereas depressives living with high criticism relatives had a high rate of events compared with those living with low criticism relatives. Schizophrenic and depressive patients'' differential vulnerability to environmental stress was discussed.
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