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 Sources
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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