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pat_k

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2. You're right about the bigger question.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 08:43 PM

Jul 2

I guess what I keep coming back to is that that response to the sort of intensive intervention for major depression offered in a hospital setting takes a hell of a lot less time than four months. My mother was hospitalized for a couple weeks and the improvement was marked over that time.

Of course, my personal experience means little, but my head keeps going back to "four months??"

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Tom Kean: Disappeared nearly 4 months for depression? [View all] pat_k Jul 2 OP

He could have been hospitalized Fiendish Thingy Jul 2 #1

You're right about the bigger question. pat_k Jul 2 #2

For those who can afford it, a typical stay in rehab is 90 days. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2 #11

Likely not to have made it public if only for this reason: no_hypocrisy Jul 2 #4

some local feedback NJCher Jul 2 #3

I lived in Westfield from 1995 to 2015. pat_k Jul 2 #8

I want him to produce a doctor's note Wicked Blue Jul 2 #10

You would have lost your paycheck malaise Jul 2 #5

True pat_k Jul 2 #12

Some say it was penis augmentation, not depression. harumph Jul 2 #6

I suffered major depression as a young teenager and disappeared to my room for 18 mos. Jacson6 Jul 2 #7

I am so sorry you suffered this. pat_k Jul 2 #13

Even Fetterman only used depression for a few weeks... mr715 Jul 2 #9