ABSTRACT
The construct of expressed emotion (EE) has a long history as a robust predictor of treatment outcome, treatment dropout, and relapse across a range of medical and psychiatric disorders. This chapter describes EE and its measurement and briefly traces the history of EE, from its roots in the field of schizophrenia with the pioneering work of George Brown, to more recent work in the field of eating disorders. The topics of each chapter in this book are reviewed. The purpose of this book is to contribute to our clinical and scholarly understanding of EE in the field of eating disorders. EE is a potentially modifiable treatment target, one that may ultimately improve patient outcomes.
