Celebrities with Major Depressive Disorder WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Celebrities with Major Depressive Disorder and compiled helpful research notes below.
Recently, an increasing number celebrities are becoming more open about their struggles with depression.1 Doctors define major depressive disorder by the presence of a minimum of five symptoms of depression for a period of at least two weeks. Depression can affect anybody. Below is a list of celebrities and famous people of the past and present who have spoken about suffering from depression.
Fast Facts:
- Actors and actresses with depression: Ashley Judd, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Rodney Dangerfield, Owen Wilson.2
- Musicians with depression: Alanis Morissette, Britney Spears, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Trent Reznor, Kurt Cobain.2
- Athletes with depression: Eddie Griffin and Terry Bradshaw.2
- Political figures with depression: Abraham Lincoln, Kitty Dukakis, and Tipper Gore.3
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Top Resources on Celebrities with Major Depressive Disorder
- About.com: Celebrities Becoming More Open About Depression
- The Independent: Celebrity on the Couch: 40 Faces of Depression in the Spotlight
- RealMentalHealth: Celebrities with Depression
- MentalHealthNotes: Celebrities And Depression
- depression introspection: More Famous People With Mental Illness-Depression
- Pendulum: Celebrities With Depression and Bipolar Disorder
- Edgewood College: Some Celebrities Who have Suffered from Depression
- Articlesbase: Legends and Celebrities With Depression (April 15, 2008)
- MyDepressionConnection: Celebrities and Depression
Research Notes References
- ↑ About.com: Celebrities Becoming More Open About Depression
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 RealMentalHealth: Celebrities With Depression
- ↑ MentalHealthNotes: Celebrities and Depression
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- Contributor: KevinB
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
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- Contributor: KevinB
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
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- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
