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Expressed emotion across cultures

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Expressed emotion has been used as a construct in understanding the interaction between patients and their carers and families. A considerable amount of data from Western cultures suggests that high expressed emotion can lead to relapse in vulnerable individuals, even when they are on medication. However, the data from other cultures are less solid. This paper reviews some of the existing findings and recommends that various components of expressed emotion must be seen in the cultural context and embedded in the normative data of the population before the concept can be considered in association with the pathogenesis of relapse.

Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

DOI: 10.1192/apt.9.5.342

Authors: Dinesh Bhugra, Kwame McKenzie

Institutions: King's College London, The Royal Free Hospital, University College London

Language: English

Topic: Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2113395708