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The British Journal of Psychiatry 147: 479-483 (1985)
© 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Oil wives and intermittent husbands

JK Morrice, RC Taylor, D Clark and K McCann

An investigation was conducted in the Aberdeen area on wives of oil men working either off-shore or on-shore. No differences were found in measures of general health; but 'off-shore wives' were shown to experience mood and behavioural changes, linked to the pattern of swiftly recurring partings and reunions. While a majority of such wives appeared to tolerate or even thrive on their style of life, 10% had reactions sufficiently pronounced to deserve the label of Intermittent Husband Syndrome or 'caseness'. Many others would have benefited from more effective preventive and support services.


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