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Relationship between family attitudes measured by the Semantic Differential and relapse in schizophrenia: a 2 year follow-up prospective study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Manuel Girón  and
Manuel Gomez-Beneyto
Manuel Girón*
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Universities of Alicante and Valencia, Spain
Manuel Gomez-Beneyto
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Universities of Alicante and Valencia, Spain
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Manuel Girón, Departamento de Medicina y Psiquiatría, Universidad de Alicante (Campus de San Juan), Ap. Correos 374, E-03080 Alicante (Spain).
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Synopsis

A prospective study was carried out to investigate the relationship between family attitudes and relapse in a cohort of 80 schizophrenic patients followed up for 2 years. A significant relationship was found between attitudes as measured by means of a semantic differential during hospitalization and later relapse. Lack of treatment compliance, negative symptoms, unemployment and poor pre-morbid adjustment were also associated with relapse. In a multivariate analysis some of these variables changed their predictive power but the association between attitudes and relapse was maintained.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , March 1995 , pp. 365 - 371
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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