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Age 30-39
Interview 04  

Interview 04

Age at Interview: 31
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 17
Background: A married teacher living in London. Multiple episodes of depression starting in childhood, bouts tend to occur when he is doing well. (Played by an actor.)
Brief outline:Has responded very well to Prozac (20mg/day) and cognitive behavioural therapy.


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Says the models of being male are either macho or too soft, with little middle ground, so it is hard to admit vulnerability. (Played by an actor)

 



I mean I think one of the problems is that you sort of lack a kind of middle ground between being kind of really macho and emotionless, and kind of tough for want of a better word, or kind of emotionally constipated which I kind of put together, do you know what I mean? And then the other thing you don't want to be is a kind of wet bugger, you know you don't want to be kind of... You know the kind of world I came from was pretty... I went to a boys' school it was pretty rough [laughs]. You know it had its rough old moments, and it just wasn't the kind of place you admitted vulnerability.
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