By Anthony Sciabarrasi
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Age: 70
Gender: Male
Work: Professional Musician, Guitarist,
Songwriter, and Producer
Health Status: Still Recovering from Back
Injury in 2000, hurting his ability to carry 13
pound Les Paul guitar on stage for several
hours.
Family Mental Health: No record of any mental
health problems
 Family Relationships: Was born an only child,
has 3 children with his current wife, and 2 with
his ex-wife
 Social Relationships: very active with fan base,
charities, and other musicians. Went into a
depression and did not play music for years after
the death of his band mate, Jon Bonham, died at
his house of alcohol poisoning.
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Ever since the death of his band mate, Jon
Bonham, Page has suffered from depression,
most likely caused by Post-traumatic Stress.
After his death in 1980, Page withdrew from
music for several years, effectively breaking
up his world renounced band, Led Zeppelin.
Page began a downward spiral of alcoholism
and heroin addiction, which kept him in and
out of rehab several times.
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Page eventually began his music career
again, forming bands like The Firm in 1984.
Page to this day suffers from depression, and
occasional alcohol problems.
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Based on Page’s display of social withdrawal,
drug addictions, and alcoholism, I diagnose
Jimmy Page with Axis I and Axis
IV Dysthymia, or Chronic Depression
While it is obvious he suffers from some sort
of depression, his constant progression and
regression makes it difficult to accurately
diagnose his level of depression.
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The Psychoanalytic approach would be the
typical 1 on 1 talk therapy for depression
This would help Page find and reveal
emotions that he might not even be aware of.
Freudian ideas of Psychology are used in
Psychoanalytic therapy, as underlying
unconscious thoughts come to be revealed
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Through coming to understand his
unconscious emotions, Page can finally
identify the source of his mental health
problems.
Through identifying the problem, Page can
learn to come to peace with his past.
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The humanistic approach emphasizes the
ability for people to make good and rational
decisions.
Using this approach on Page will help better
his decision making and assist him with
getting of his alcoholism and his other
destructive decisions.
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Jimmy Page currently suffers from Axis I and
Axis IV Dysthymia, or Chronic Depression.
This was caused as a result of post-traumatic
stress
By using Psychoanalytic and Humanistic
approaches, the source of Page’s can be
found and solved.
Perhaps then Page can one day again play to
his full potential again.
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