Retired husband syndrome is a psychosomatic stress-related illness recognized in Japanese culture and estimated to occur in sixty percent of the older female population, in which a woman begins to exhibit signs of physical illness and depression as her husband reaches or approaches retirement.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterDisorders Specifically Associated with Stress 1 First Described Year Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Retired husband syndrome
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1. Wikipedia: Retired husband syndrome
- Wikipedia Retired husband syndrome lead paragraph: psychosomatic stress-related illness recognized in Japanese culture
- en.wikipedia.org: Retired husband syndrome
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This syndrome was identified and coined by Nobuo Kurokawa and first appeared in a presentation of his to the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine in 1991.
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentence
Retired husband syndrome (主人在宅ストレス症候群, shujin zaitaku sutoresu shōkōgun; literally "one's husband being at home stress syndrome") (RHS) is a psychosomatic stress-related illness recognized in Japanese culture which has been estimated to occur in 60% of the older female population.
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