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 People with mood disorders can achieve and succeed in the most competitive and demanding careers when not restricted or disabled by their condition.
As depression and bipolar disorder become less stigmatised we can expect more and more 'successful' people, be they professionals, business people or politicians, to discuss and identify how they have dealt with their mood disorder.
Henry Lawson - Portrait by John Longstaff, Melbourne, April 1900
| Famous people who have suffered from a Mood Disorder |
| F Scott Fitzgerald
(Writer) |
Anthony Hopkins
(Actor) |
Brooke Shields
(Actress) |
| Janet Jackson (Musician) |
Bill Joel (Musician) |
Sylvia Plath (Writer) |
| Vivien Leigh (Actress) |
Elton John (Musician) |
Ashely Judd (Actress) |
| Claude Monet
(Artist) |
Richard Nixon
(US President) |
Brian Wilson (Musician) |
| John Denver
(Musician) |
Diana Spencer
(Princess of Wales) |
Jim Carrey
(Actor) |
| Robbie Williams (Musician) |
Abraham Lincoln
(US President) |
Winona Ryder (Actress) |
| Dawn Fraser (Australian Swimmer) |
Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) |
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