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Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman Checks Out of Hospital After Treatment for Depression

HeadlineApr 03, 2023

Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has checked out of Walter Reed hospital after receiving in-patient treatment for depression since mid-February. Fetterman is scheduled to return to the Senate on April 17 after the 2-week holiday recess. In a statement, Fetterman urged others with mental health challenges to seek help. He spoke candidly about his depression during an interview on CBS’s “Sunday Morning.”

Sen. John Fetterman: “It’s like you just won the biggest, you know, race in the country. And the whole thing about depression is, is that, objectively, you may have won, but depression can absolutely convince you that you actually lost. And that’s exactly what happened. And that was the start of a downward spiral.”

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