Results. Women who provided 36 or more weekly hours of care to a disabled spouse were almost 6 times more likely than noncaregivers to experience depressive or anxious symptoms (multivariate odds ratio [OR]=5.6; 95% confidence interval [CI]=3.8, 8.3). Caring for a disabled or ill parent (≥36 weekly hours) was associated with a less dramatic elevation in depressive or anxious symptoms (multivariate OR=2.0; 95% CI=0.9, 4.3).