print email comment close 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. 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