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Divorce Among Psychiatric Out-patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Robert A. Woodruff Jr. ,
Samuel B. Guze  and
Paula J. Clayton
Robert A. Woodruff Jr.
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, U.S.A.
Samuel B. Guze
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, U.S.A.
Paula J. Clayton
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, U.S.A.
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Though divorce is frequent among psychiatric patients, its relative frequency among persons with various psychiatric disorders remains unclear. In addition, it is unclear to what extent family history variables, variables of the sexual history or marital history, or environmental deprivation are associated with divorce.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 562 , September 1972 , pp. 289 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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