What Fetterman's Hospitalization Underscores About the Biology of Depression

Welcome to State of Mind, a section from Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to exploring mental health. I learned how to recognize strokes from TV. I must have seen the PSA urging me to "Act FAST" hundreds of times, slotted between episodes of Rugrats and Hey Arnold!, and I still recall the signs easily: facial droop, arm weakness, speech problems, timely response. Those PSAs have surely saved lives. According to the National Institutes of Health, 795,000 people have strokes each year in the U.S.; 137,000 of them die.