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The Spouse of the Phobic Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter L. Agulnik
Peter L. Agulnik*
Affiliation:
Birmingham, and Boston State Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
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A number of hypotheses have been put forward (Gregory, 1959; Penrose, 1944) to explain the generally found higher incidence of psychiatric disturbance in the spouse of patients with mental illness. The relevant literature has been reviewed by Nielsen (1964). More recently, interest has centred around two contrasting hypotheses which seem best able to explain the available evidence.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 117 , Issue 536 , July 1970 , pp. 59 - 67
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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