A 45-year-old man.
Mr A had been living a relatively eventless and successful life: after graduating from college, he found a post in the local government, got married with one of the colleagues at the office; the couple had two kids, and the patient was promoted to the section head at the age of 35 years, which is neither early nor late as a typical government employee. However, this section was in charge of the refurbishing of the old city centre, for which Mr A had to negotiate with all sorts of interested parties. The negotiation was endless while the deadline for the project was mandated by the mayor. His first major depressive episode set in, due to which he took a sickness leave for 6 months. After return to the office, he was transferred to a new section where he was exempted from important tasks. Since then he…