Even The Rich & Famous "How does a person get up and go to work at civil service, or an insurance company, or a garage, feeling probably worse than I did, because they've got to pay the rent. These people I bow humbly before." -actor Rod Steiger Depression affects 17 million Americans from all walks of life. Depression can strike anyone of any race, any gender, any age. But the good news is that, thanks to new research, depression can be treated. With the proper medication or therapy, people who have suffered depression can lead healthy, productive lives. These people accomplished wonderful things. Were you aware they had depression? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Prime Minister Winston Churchill Author Virginia Wolff Playwright Eugene O'Neill Speaker Kitty Dukakis Talk show host Dick Cavet Cartoonist Charles Schulz Counselor Pat Love Actor Rod Steiger Columnist Rona Barrett Economist John Kenneth Galbraith Humorist Art Buchwald Dancer Vaslov Nijinsky Poet John Keats Actress Suzanne Sommers Scientist Isaac Newton Author Ernest Hemingway Civil Rights Activist James Farmer Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Comedian John Belushi Journalist Mike Wallace Athlete Jimmy Piersal Television host Dick Clark Artist Vincent Van Gogh Author Kathy Cronkite President Abraham Lincoln Author William Styron Athlete Lionel Aldridge Novelist Leo Tolstoy Activist Tipper Gore Artist Michelangelo   WHAT IS DEPRESSION? | WHO HAS DEPRESSION? TREATMENT OPTIONS | RESOURCES & LINKS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM | DEPRESSION MAIN PAGE   BACK TO HEALTHWORKS | RETURN TO TV HOME PAGE © 1999 Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc.