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The office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says he has checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression

A statement said Fetterman had experienced depression on and off in his life, but it had only become severe in recent weeks.

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression, his office said Thursday.

Fetterman’s public struggle is extraordinary in a building where few talk about their own mental health, even while members of both parties have legislation to expand aid for it.

The office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says he has checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression. His Senate colleagues are praising his...

His public struggle is extraordinary in a building where few talk about their own mental health, but his colleagues have been supportive.

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression, his office said Thursday.

When Patrick Kennedy was in Congress, he would sneak in his treatments for substance abuse over the holidays, in between congressional work periods. And he refused mental health treatment recommended by his doctors, worried he would be recognized in that wing of the hospital.

On Thursday, the office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat who was elected to the Senate after a bruising campaign during which he suffered a stroke, announced he had checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression. 

A statement said Fetterman had experienced depression on and off in his life, but it had only become severe in recent weeks.