Psychology

A 48-year-old married woman, in good health, with no previous psychiatric difficulties, presented to the psychiatric clinic. She described her problems as having started2 months earlier, soon after her husband unexpectedly requested adivorce. She felt betrayed after having devoted much of her 20-year marriage to being a wife, mother, and homemaker. She was sad and tearful at times, and she occasionally had difficulty sleeping .Otherwise, she had no vegetative symptoms and enjoyed time with family and friends. She felt desperate after she realized that "he no longer loved me."