PHILADELPHIA -- When U.S. Sen. John Fetterman checked into a hospital for clinical depression last month, critics questioned whether he would be able to serve his six-year term.
Mental illness is often portrayed as an inescapable condition.
Everyone's experience is different, and people who've had an episode of mental illness are at greater risk for experiencing mental health challenges in the future. But for most people, depression and other mental health disorders don't last forever, said David Mandell, the director of the Penn Center for Mental Health.
