The critical attitudes of expressed emotion are
combinations of hostile and emotional overinvolvement.
The family members are more open to view other aspects
that contribute to the mental illness and the behavior.
These attitudes are more open minded than the previous
because they view more than one cause of the disorder.
However, there is still negative criticism even though
other contributions are viewed and accepted by the
relatives. Critical expressed emotion from siblings and
parents are the cause of future and increasing problems for
the patient. Parents who are critical influence their
children to be the same way towards the disorder 20.