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- Title
Suicidal Attempt in a Schizophrenic Patient with a High Level of Expressed Emotion.
- Authors
Bresaly, Rajab; Albokhari, Ammar; Mal, Rotan; Tashkandi, Abdulrahman; Alsawas, Abdulrhman; Abualshamat, Mohammed; Harazi, Ghassan Al; Alamri, Saeed; Shabekni, Alaa; Alharthi, Ahmed Abdullah Mohsen; Alwadai, Mari Osman Mari; Alluqmani, Maha; Alsabban, Abdulmalik; Hamza, Aseel Abubakr; Aladalah, Ali Saeed
- Abstract
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder known for distortions in perception and thinking consist of positive and negative symptoms for over six months. Expressed emotion (EE) is an attitude towards a patient with a mental disorder from the individuals surrounding him. EE was predicted as a key element in the relapsing of schizophrenia through criticism, emotional over-involvement, and/or intrusiveness. High-EE environment has always been a known risk factor for relapsing into schizophrenia comparing to low-EE environment. However, in our case, that risk has increased the level of suicidality, as few articles have linked EE as a risk factor to increase suicidality in other mental disorders. We present a case of a young male from eastern reigon of Saudi Arabia with a high level of expressed emotion from the family in the form of emotional over-involvement, better highlighting the importance of family therapy through psychoeducational interventions in managing a schizophrenic patient.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; PEOPLE with schizophrenia; EMOTIONS; MENTAL illness; FAMILY psychotherapy; PEOPLE with mental illness; AFFECTIVE neuroscience; CUCUMBER mosaic virus
- Publication
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research & Allied Sciences, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 4, p72
- ISSN
2277-3657
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.51847/7GEaqZ0z0k