presidents who suffered from mental problems

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  • Abraham Lincoln — recurrent majordepressive disorder (historical accountsdescribe severe, prolonged depressions).Library of Congress
  • Franklin Pierce — chronic depression andalcohol problems after personaltragedies. Library of Congress
  • Ulysses S. Grant — alcohol dependencedocumented in biographies and medicalhistories. Library of Congress
  • Woodrow Wilson — major neurologicalevent (1919 stroke) that produced lastingpersonality and cognitive changes.Library of Congress
  • Richard Nixon — contemporaneousaccounts and later analyses note alcoholmisuse and severe anxiety/paranoia.

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