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In the first post of this two-part blog, I used the example of Abraham Lincoln and raised the question as to whether he rose to greatness in spite of his apparent depression or alternatively was in ...

Abraham Lincoln’s tendency toward what was then called "melancholy" was well known by his neighbors in New Salem, Illinois. In his mid-twenties, after a woman to whom he felt close died of typhoid, he ...

The idea behind the study is that engaging in the arts offers a pathway for exploring and expanding new ways of thinking, developing insights and sparking self-discovery. As a clinician, I am deeply ...

Correction: In my last article, the price of eggs should have been 7 cents per dozen during the Depression, not 70 cents per dozen as printed. The Great Depression was felt in all of our United States ...

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