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This patient was a professionally successful man with midlife onset of severe depression without systemic illness. Psychiatric hospitalization was refused by patient and recovery attributed to skillful psychiatric treatment in collaboration with a committed spouse. Of note in this case is the medical and psychotherapeutic skill of the treating psychiatrist.
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Gilbert, P. (2018). A Professionally Successful Man with the Midlife Onset of Severe Depression and Associated Suicidal Intent. In: Frankel, S., Bourgeois, J. (eds) Integrated Care for Complex Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61214-0_16
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