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Lincoln's Great Depression
URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200510/lincolns-clinical-depression

Description:
This detailed article describes how "Abraham Lincoln fought clinical depression all his life. ... [and how] his condition ... gave him the tools to save the nation." Discusses Lincoln's depressive episodes in 1835 and 1840/41 and how "the suffering he had endured lent him clarity and conviction ... that helped him guide the nation" during the Civil War. From The Atlantic.

LII Topics: Depression/Manic Depression, Lincoln, Abraham, Mental Conditions, Presidents by Name

Author:
Shenk, Joshua Wolf

Publisher:
The Atlantic Monthly Group

Extra Keywords
mental illness melancholy slavery

LII Database Information:
Record 27705 created by Maria Brandt on 01/12/2009
Last modification on 01/29/2009
Published: 01/29/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27705

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