Survey of High Expressed Emotions Experienced By Community Mental Health Service Users in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: High expressed emotion (EE) experienced by people with mental illness is a known risk factor of relapse. With drastically increased time spent at home and limited health and social service provision during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients' experience of high EE warranted attention.

Aims And Methods: The study aimed to investigate the experience of high EE among people with mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

High level of expressed emotions in the family of people with schizophrenia: has a covert abrasive behaviours component been overlooked?

Background: High expressed emotion (EE) in a patient's family is a known risk factor of relapse in schizophrenia. The three components of high EE - criticism, hostility and emotional over-involvement - were developed through a data-driven approach and a focus on overt abrasive behaviours. The influence of covert abrasive behaviours has not been explored.