Expressed_Emotions_In_Bipolar_Disorder

Expressed Emotions In Bipolar Disorder Expressed Emotion and Attributions in the Relatives of Bipolar Patients: An Analysis of Problem-Solving Interactions I) Introduction 1. Various studies of schizophrenic and unipolar depressed patients have shown that high EE (expressed emotion), critical and/or hostile relatives are more likely then low EE or EOI (emotionally overinvolved) relatives to attribute to the the patient’s symptoms and other negative behaviors to factors that are stable. 2. Investigation of the link between EE and attributions in previously unexamined population, the relatives of patients with bipolar disorder. II) Hypothesis 1. Examined the attributions relatives made regarding their own casual roles in undesirable patient behaviors. 2. Examined high and low EE relative’s beliefs about the degree to which bipolar patients cause their own undesirable behaviors. III) Method 1. 66 bipolar patients and families were admitted but 14 did not complete the pre-treatment. 2. Remaining 52 patients: 17 men and 35 women between the ages of 18 and 56 years old. All patients met the criteria of bipolar 1 disorder. 3. The 52 family members were 28 men and ee, relatives, attributions, patients, negative, events, bipolar, behaviors, about, patient, low, high, between, undesirable, relatives’, own, made, families, examined, 52, years, women, various, symptoms, regarding, rated, old, men, link, likely, interactions, disorder, behaved, ways, versus, unipolar