Suicide Antidepressants 18/08/2009 England Civil Employee Commits Suicide
 
 Summary:<br><br><div><font size="3">Paragraph 5 reads:&nbsp; &quot;He had seen psychologists and <strong><u>tried different <em>anti-depressants</em>.</u></strong>&quot;<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733929-details/Civil+servant+killed+himself+under+Tube+train+weeks+before+marriage/article.do">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733929-details/Civil+servant+killed+himself+under+Tube+train+weeks+before+marriage/article.do</a> <br /><br /><br /></font><h2><strong>Civil servant killed himself under Tube train weeks before marriage</strong></h2><font size="3"><strong>Felix Allen<br /></strong>18.08.09 <br /><br />A civil servant died under a Tube train weeks before he was due to get married, an inquest heard today.<br /><br />Adam Rothapel, 32, a secretary at the Ministry of Justice who worked for MP Bridget Prentice, walked fianc&eacute;e Samantha Baden to her station before stepping on to the track at Finchley Road 10 minutes later.<br /><br />Mr Rothapel died at 8.30am on 26 May, the day after a bank holiday when he had discussed wedding plans with Ms Baden. The couple were engaged to be married this month.<br /><br />Mr Rothapel, from Finchley Road, who suffered from Crohn&#39;s Disease, had been signed off work for several months after suffering a downturn in his long battle with mental illness.<br /><br />He had seen psychologists and tried different anti-depressants.<br /><br />Ms Baden told St Pancras coroner&#39;s court: &quot;He felt very low - a mixture of depression and anxiety.<br /><br />&quot;He was very frustrated all the way through his treatment. He was at crisis point. He could not take part in life really, he was frequently overwhelmed by everything.<br /><br />&quot;He would say he was in a lot of pain and wanted the pain to end but the only time he ever talked to me specifically about suicidal thoughts was the Saturday before he died.&quot; <br /><br />Mr Rothapel was deemed &quot;not actively suicidal&quot; the day before by a doctor who heard he had visited a station thinking about killing himself, the inquest heard. <br /><br />He was referred to Dr Gregory Battle after his mother made a call to NHS Direct. Dr Battle said he spoke to Mr Rothapel and his mother on the phone for about 35 minutes. <br /><br />Dr Battle said: &quot;While I felt he was suffering from a serious depressive illness my assessment was that he had some fleeting suicidal thoughts but was not actively suicidal. He had no intention to kill himself at that time.&quot;<br /><br />Dr Battle said he advised Mr Rothapel&#39;s mother to contact his psychotherapist.<br /><br />The hearing continues.<br /></font></div> 
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