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'Very teachable moment': Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) departs a closed-door, classified briefing for Senators at the U.S.

Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Officials from the Department of Defense and the intelligence community WASHINGTON - 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.Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat and the son of the late Edward Kennedy, was eventually forced to reveal his struggles when he crashed his car outside the Capitol while intoxicated in May 2006.

He talked openly about his mental health and substance abuse for the first time, and something surprising happened — he became more popular with his constituency, winning reelection by a bigger margin than he had two years earlier.RELATED: Sen.

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