We present the findings from a qualitative study examining the marital perceptions of 9 wives of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data were from a semistructured in-depth focus group interview. Findings reveal how the lives of these women largely revolved around their husbands illness. The wives faced constant tension between being drawn into a fusion with their husbands and ...

Background Despite Saudi Arabia’s free and well-established cancer care program, breast incidence mortality are rising. Husbands’ knowledge, wives’ attitudes practices related to screening not well understood in Arabia. Objective The aim of this study was investigate husbands’ Methods This cross-sectional collected data from 403 husbands the holy city Makkah through an online self-reported ques...