Most common questions used to investigate
In your family environment, is there hostility, emotional overinvolvement, and criticism directed toward a family member who is an identified patient?
Is the family’s high level of expressed emotion (“EE”, defined as a measure of a family that is based on how the family members of a psychiatric patient talk about the patient) affecting the course, prognosis, or treatment of a family member's mental or other medical disorder?
Common conclusions
Based on your answers, it is unlikely that your family shows a high expressed emotion level toward a family member who is an identified patient
Unfortunately, it is likely that your family shows a high expressed emotion level. Expressed emotion applies to psychiatric patients and is not related to the term ‘emotion expression’ that is used daily. Families with a high expressed emotion level are hostile and not tolerant of the family member who is a patient. Besides, they have critical comments on the behavior and personality of the patient. It may be important for the members to receive psychoeducation about the illness. Behavioral interventions and communication training may also be helpful for families to switch to low expressed emotion. Families with low expressed emotions are less hostile and do not show over-involvement.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressed_emotion
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