Perceived expressed emotion and stress among schizophrenia and BPAD patients with first and multiple hospitalizations

Pages: 122-125
Abhishek Kumar1, Mayank Srivastava2, and Lokesh Kumar Ranjan3 (Department of Psychiatric Social Work Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand1, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi2, and Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Central India Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Dewada, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh3)

Family with negative home environment leads not only to relapse and re hospitalization but also impacts the course of the illness. To assess and compare the perceived expressed emotion and perceived stress among schizophrenia and BPAD patients with first and multiple hospitalizations. The study has been conducted at the inpatient department of Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand (India). The total sample size was 80 patients of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorders selected through purposively sampling technique in accordance of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Socio-demographic and clinical informations of the entire patients were assessed through socio-demographic datasheet, clinical datasheet, perceived stress scale (PSS) and level of expressed emotions scale (LEE). The result shows the more perceived expresses emotion and perceived stress among patients with multiple admissions in schizophrenia and BPAD as compared to single admission among patients with schizophrenia and BPAD. Patients have stressful life and high expressed emotion with history of multiple hospitalizations in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. They often need different kind of emotion and social support. Reducing stress and expressed emotion results in improvement in the patient.