Marital therapy of couples in which the husband is a physician.
This paper is concerned with the therapeutic problems posed by the troubled "medical" marriage. Based on the authors' clinical experiences, certain common characteristics of these marriages are identified. Obstacles to early referral such as self-diagnosis and self-treatment are discussed, two illustrative case vignettes are presented, and therapeutic recommendations are outlined.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000188:drug therapy; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D010820:Physicians; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012651:Self Medication