Sen. John Fetterman's longtime struggle with depression became more "severe" in recent weeks and prompted him to seek hospital care, his chief of staff said in a statement Thursday. The Democratic senator from Pennsylvania checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday night to receive treatment.
Fetterman also suffered a stroke last May and was hospitalized last week due to what staff described as lightheadedness.
"I think it really brave for him to share [his depression], because it normalizes it a bit more for people who might be experiencing it and not talking about it," said Kelly Gilrain, a licensed clinical psychologist director of behavioral medicine and psychological services at Cooper University Health Care.
