Expressed emotion, medication adherence and association with disease prognosis in patients with schizophrenia at Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura

Abstract

Introduction Expressed emotion (EE) describes the caregiver’s attitudes and behaviour towards a person with a mental illness and is comprised of criticism, hostility and emotional overinvolvement (1). High EE has a direct association with recurrence of wide range of mental illness, especially schizophrenia (2). Significant behavioural deterioration has been reported in patients with schizophrenia who live with even minimally hostile relatives (2). Evidence shows that patients with schizophrenia returning home from the hospital to live Abstract