{"id":553213,"date":"2023-02-17T19:03:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fetterman-draws-praise-for-getting-help-for-depression\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T19:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:03:41","slug":"fetterman-draws-praise-for-getting-help-for-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fetterman-draws-praise-for-getting-help-for-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240a3cb479f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240a3cb479f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fetterman-draws-praise-for-getting-help-for-depression\/#Fetterman_draws_praise_for_getting_help_for_depression\" >Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fetterman_draws_praise_for_getting_help_for_depression\"><\/span>Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 When Patrick Kennedy was in Congress, he would sneak in his treatments for substance abuse over the holidays, in between congressional work periods. And he refused mental health treatment recommended by his doctors, worried he would be recognized in that wing of the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat and the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, was eventually forced to reveal his struggles when he crashed his car outside the Capitol after taking a combination of pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion drugs in May 2006. He talked openly about his mental health and substance abuse for the first time, and something surprising happened \u2014 he became more popular with his constituency, winning reelection by a bigger margin than he had two years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat who was elected to the Senate after a bruising campaign during which he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-congress-30e7c32969c6a72a968247f7141ee68c\" data-ylk=\"slk:suffered a stroke;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">suffered a stroke<\/a>, announced he had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/john-fetterman-hospital-clinical-depression-a9051b43a6b31725a4969b9302740cac\" data-ylk=\"slk:checked himself into the hospital;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">checked himself into the hospital<\/a> for clinical depression. The statement said Fetterman had experienced depression on and off in his life, but it had only become severe in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s public struggle is extraordinary in a building where few talk about their own mental health, even while members of both parties have legislation to expand aid for it. Kennedy and a handful of others who have been open about their own problems, or those in their family, say they hope Fetterman\u2019s honesty \u2014 and his decisive action to get help \u2014 will foster more openness among lawmakers and their constituents in the wake of a global pandemic that has had far-reaching effects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a moment for us to tear down the stigma of depression and anxiety,\u201d said Kennedy, who retired in 2010 and has become a leading voice on mental illness. \u201cSen. Fetterman may do more for people just by admitting that he\u2019s getting help for depression than any bill he ends up sponsoring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Surgeon <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>, Vivek Murphy, tweeted praise for Fetterman, saying he hopes his &#8220;courage will serve as an example for others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&#8217;s Senate colleagues were im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely supportive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn every single city and town and rural community there is someone struggling with mental health,\u201d said Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat who shared her <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ebf2c625d3a0470cb2b284eb3d55a488\" data-ylk=\"slk:own stories about periods of depression;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">own stories about periods of depression<\/a> on the Senate floor four years ago. \u201cIf they see somebody else, like John, saying, \u2018OK, I need to get medical care,\u2019 that can be important to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota&#8217;s John Thune, the Senate&#8217;s No. 2 Republican, said he thinks politicians have become more comfortable discussing the issue since the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more open, transparent people can be, the better our understanding is,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s hospitalization comes after a rough year in which the 53 year-old suffered a stroke just ahead of the May primary election and spent much of the summer off the campaign trail, recovering. He has said the stroke nearly killed him. He also underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator to manage two heart conditions, atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy. He <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-senate-race-2022-midterm-elections-93709b5b7ab4cef658f45751cd76c090\" data-ylk=\"slk:entered the Senate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">entered the Senate<\/a> in January, where he has had to adjust to life in Washington and the daily grind of a federal lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unreal what @JohnFetterman has been through in the last year,\u201d tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. \u201cA stroke, a recovery, a bruising campaign, a transition to the Senate. I\u2019m so proud of him for taking his health seriously. He\u2019s going to be a great Senator for a long time, and I\u2019m pulling for him today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas Sen. John Cornyn said the Senate \u201ccan be arduous. So I\u2019m sure if somebody is not up to 100% then it\u2019s especially tough, so I wish him well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Post-stroke depression is common, doctors say. And that could be even more difficult when dealing with it publicly, like Fetterman is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a stroke in and of itself is devastating and having to recover from a stroke in the public eye only adds to the level of stress as one recovers,\u201d said Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele, associate dean and professor of neurology at the University of California-San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Eric Lenze, head of the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis, said he thinks it&#8217;s \u201cinteresting and heroic&#8221; for a major political figure to acknowledge depression, &#8220;instead of saying they\u2019re hospitalized for exhaustion or trying to hide it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many members are still loath to talk about themselves or their own hardships, some have been more forthcoming about mental illness in recent years. Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild declared from the House floor in 2019 that suicide is a \u201cnational emergency\u201d and told the story of her partner, who had recently taken his own life. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., who was elected in 2020, has said he dropped out of college and at times thought of suicide after struggling with depression, substance abuse and grief after the loss of a friend. Smith said she found that ever since she told her own story of periods of depression as a college student and young mother, people still come up to her to talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers have also been open about their fear and anxiety after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/capitol-siege\" data-ylk=\"slk:insurrection;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">insurrection<\/a>, when many of them ran for their lives, and the months afterward when tensions between the two parties became even worse. Democratic Reps. Dan Kildee of Michigan and Annie Kuster of New Hampshire both talked about dealing with post-traumatic stress during that time.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 attack was another inflection point amid the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re living in a time of extraordinary stress and crisis,&#8221; said Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, who lost his son to suicide just a few days before the insurrection and has since written a book about his experience. \u201cWe&#8217;ve come through a plague, we\u2019ve had tremendous mental and emotional health problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raskin, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-united-states-government-jamie-raskin-district-of-columbia-house-representatives-db478ac5564cb34574d69c15ca4de27c\" data-ylk=\"slk:who was recently diagnosed with cancer;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">who was recently diagnosed with cancer<\/a>, says there may have been a time when political leaders had to pretend that hardships didn&#8217;t touch their own families, \u201cbut I don&#8217;t think we are living in that time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who has been in the Senate for almost three decades, credits returning veterans from the Iraq war and other conflicts &#8220;who have convinced us that this is simple medical, mental health care that many people need from time to time. There isn\u2019t a single family that isn\u2019t touched by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, praised Fetterman for being honest. \u201cThis is a challenge, unimaginable challenge, that he&#8217;s faced in life,\u201d Durbin said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy says that when he returned from his recovery in the mid-2000s, many of his colleagues sought his help and advice privately. And he has continued to talk to some members in the decade since he retired.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted Fetterman could find a \u201cwhole new world of connection with his constituency\u201d when he returns to the Senate, and could help people understand the brain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> behind depression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very teachable moment here,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writers Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pa., Michelle Smith in Providence, R.I., and Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Kevin Freking in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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