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The results of a community survey showed that non-married women, but not married women, had a lower rate of minor psychiatric morbidity if they were employed. It was argued that employment may protect women who lack social support in other areas. The failure to find the same results in a general practice survey suggested that women at high risk for minor psychiatric morbidity were least likely to consult a general practitioner.
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Finlay-Jones, R.A., Burvill, P.W. Women, work, and minor psychiatric morbidity. Soc Psychiatry 14, 53–57 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00582083
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