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August 11, 2005

Former Gold Olympist Discusses Depression Battle

Psychiatric News, the Newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association, recently published coverage of a discussion between Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis and former APA President Mary Jane England, M.D., at the American Psychiatric Foundation's fourth annual "Conversations" event held at APA's 2005 annual meeting in Atlanta. The two discussed Louganis's history of depression, substance abuse, abusive relationships, and HIV infection.

While not in-depth, the article reports the basic things which drove Louganis' depression, his coping mechanism, and how he spends his time today speaking to youth groups, drug and alcohol rehabilitation groups, and organizations that help people with dyslexia.

Posted by admin at August 11, 2005 09:28 AM