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Maria suffered several severe bouts of depression as a teenager and young adult. These came without clear stressors and did not respond to medication with antidepressants, which she decided not to take after the second episode. Psychological therapy did not seem to help, and the family was referred to a family therapist who did not feel that the family would benefit from a specific intervention. There was a family history of suicide in that the maternal grandmother had died by suicide, but no one had spoken about this with Maria as it was felt that she was too young to understand. The depression felt like a dark cloud that came quickly and settled after a couple of days. She felt cold and slow, and no energy for activities and as if colors had turned to grey. She lost her appetite for food and fun. She tried to take alcohol to lighten up once she was old enough. She often felt like there was no point in living through these days but eventually learnt they would go away after a few weeks.
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Ives-Deliperi, V.L., Howells, F., Horn, N. (2016). The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder. In: Eisendrath, S. (eds) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29866-5_14
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