Psychiatric morbidity and subsequent divorce: a couple-level register-based study in Finland

ConclusionsPsychiatric morbidity is a persistent risk factor of divorce. The risk is larger when both spouses experience psychiatric morbidity compared to only one spouse. The findings are consistent with the idea that poor relationship quality and dissatisfaction in couples suffering from mental health problems have long-term consequences for marital stability. Treatment of psychiatric morbidity should not focus only on the individual but on couple-level dynamics.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research