title: Oil wives and intermittent husbands.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009821:Oils; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D009821:Oils