I came across this in my wanderings...
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Evidence is also consistent that negative attitudes towards individuals with (or with a risk of developing) schizophrenia can have a significant adverse impact. In particular, critical comments, hostility, authoritarian and intrusive or controlling attitudes (termed 'high expressed emotion' by researchers) from family members have been found to correlate with a higher risk of relapse in schizophrenia across cultures. [Bebbington P E, Kuipers E (1994) The predictive utility of expressed emotion in schizophrenia: an aggregate analysis. Psychological Medicine, 24, 707-718.]
Source: http://wiki.psychcentral.com/index.php/Schizophrenia
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I don't think it's rash to suggest that if the above is true of family environments, it's also true of online "support" environments.
Kindness -- it's not exactly rocket science.
Bah!
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