Aims: To review the methods and findings from studies of the therapeutic relationship (TR) in
the treatment of severe mental illness. Method: A literature search was conducted to identify …

Expressed emotion (EE) refers to the quality of the emotional climate between a relative and
a family member with a serious psychiatric disorder. Well-established, it has proven to be a …

After years of stagnation, labeling theory has recently gained new empirical support.
Simultaneously, new policy initiatives have attempted to restructure criminal record stigma to …

Does training in psychosocial interventions reduce burnout rates in forensic nurses?
Background. Mental Health Nurses working in secure environments with patients suffering …

Whilst music therapy is sometimes presented as a primarily paramedical technology, it is
also possible to conceive of its value in more social terms: social capital theory offers a …

The concept of expressed emotion (EE) has been extended to the study of staff-patient
relationships in schizophrenia. A comprehensive review of the literature identified a total of …

Family intervention for psychosis developed from empirical work on the role of emotion in
families of those caring for someone with schizophrenia. The level of expressed emotion …

A small opportunistic study of Stress and Expressed Emotion was undertaken with
community mental health workers, who were all case managers or keyworkers to clients with …

Most contemporary experts and mental health advocates would reject the
termschizophrenic', whether used as noun or adjective. The terminology they prefer—person …

Background Although the use of family therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa is well
established, there has been limited research into the efficacy of family therapy in …