The presidents' mental health.

COOLIDGE, Calvin, 1872-1933; PRESIDENTS; MENTAL health; MENTAL depression; MENTAL illness; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; PRACTICAL politics

The article focuses on the mental health of Calvin Coolidge who became the President of the United States in 1923. Throughout his first term as president, Coolidge worked very hard. But, in less than a month after his second-term election, Coolidge's son died of blood poisoning. This incident made him to enter into a deep depression. His grief over his son's death is termed as pathological grief and it affected his mind, body and spirit. His depression rendered him incapable of making decisions and as a result most of his duties were delegated to members of his Cabinet. The article examines what happens to a man, who leads the most powerful nation in the modern world suffers from an illness that adversely affects his ability to think clearly, make decisions and run the country.