Talk:Expressed emotion

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This is different than emotional expression. It is a term used to measure the amount of stress a family puts on a member with mental illness. I will look for citations, this was the first wikipedia topic I did and was quite sloppy, I will rewrite and get it looking good. ArrowStomper 11:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Information on origin of term?
Does anyone have any information on the origin of this term (phrase)? I'm interested because it seems to be one of the most absurd examples of psychiatric terminology I've ever seen--"expressed emotion" meaning only *hostile criticism*?

Also does anyone have any information on any potential replacements for this term, or indeed of any critical discussion of its (from my perspective) undue potential for misunderstanding? Critic9328 18:32, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, according to the link at the bottom of the article: "One of the main contributors to relapse in psychological disorders is expressed emotion." Sounds like expressing emotion is very very bad! Apparently it is also related to Social defeat. -- Mattisse  18:51, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello, the definition of the Expressed Emotion in the entry is quite misleading. According to a medical journal - Expressed emotion is NOT a measure of emotional expressiveness but is measure of of the extent to which family talking about another family member in a hostile and critical manner. Definition of criticism and hostility in the context of Expressed Emotion -

"Criticism - comments about the behaviour or characteristics of the person (patient) that the respondent clearly resents or finds annoying Hostility – is rated categorically on the basis of whether or not the respondent makes generalised criticisms or expresses attitudes that are rejecting of the patient" (1)

The term Expressed Emotion first used in investigating the relationship between the family of patient with schizophrenia and the relapse of the disease. However, a predictive model consist of trait of high and low-EE family have been validated, not only in schizophrenia but also in other psychiatric illness such as bipolar disorder and other psychosis disorder.

Good reference:-

(1) King S, Dixon MJ. Expressed emotion, family dynamics and symptom severity in a predictive model of social adjustment for schizophrenic young adults. Schizophrenia Research 1995;14:121-132. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bayiraksasa (talk • contribs) 10:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Expressed Emotion is most certainly a valid and well-substantiated are of research in both psychology and psychiatry. One concern regarding the article is the notable ommision of the two positive dimensions of EE. The CFI also allows for the scoring of two positive dimensions - Warmth and positive comments. I am familiar with the expressed emotion literature but not to the degree required to edit this article. However, a good reference for an overview of it's value in psychiatric disorders is

Wearde, A., Tarrier, N & Barrowclough, C (2000) A review of expressed emotion: Research in health care. Clinical Psychology Review, 20 (5), 633-666. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.180.181 (talk) 11:39, 3 December 2009 (UTC)