Suicidal Attempt in a Schizophrenic Patient with a High Level of Expressed Emotion in The Patient?s Family
Author(s): Rajab Bresaly*, Ammar Albokhari, Rotan Mal, Abdulrahman Tashkandi, Abdulrhman Alsawas, Mohammed Abualshamat, Ghassan Al Harazi, Saeed Alamri, Alaa Shabekni, Ahmed Abdullah Mohsen Alharthi and Mari Osman Mari Alwadai
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder known by distortions in perception and thinking. 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 relapsing of schizophrenia through criticism, emotional over-involvement, and/or intrusiveness. EE has always been a known risk factor for relapsing in schizophrenia but in our case, that risk has increased the level of suicidology as few articles have linked EE as a risk factor to increase suicidality in other mental disorders. We present a case of young male from Saudi Arabia with a high level of expressed emotion from the family in the form of emotional over-involvement in better highlighting the importance of family therapy through psycho-educational interventions in managing of a schizophrenic patient.