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Mental health >> Depression >> Age 30-39 >> Interview 08 >> Recites a poem she wrote while depressed in hospital.

With the ongoing care of her GP and ongoing counselling with a skilled practitioner, she has been in recovery since early 2003. Not currently on medication.

Mental health >> Depression >> Age 30-39 >> Interview 08 >> Feels people need to find ways to express their feelings (e.g. poetry, music, dancing) so that the feelings don't get 'stuck' inside you. (Played by

With the ongoing care of her GP and ongoing counselling with a skilled practitioner, she has been in recovery since early 2003. Not currently on medication.

Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 27 >> Wrote a poem called 'Time' in hospital to express her experiences of working and living in a hectic world, which others have related to.

Her main helpful approaches include hospitalisation, various therapies (including art therapy), Citalopram (40mg/day), reduction in work hours, Christian prayer and diary writing.

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