Presentation from Boulder Chamber of Commerce event advocating for hiring people with mental health challenges

1. FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS
CHALLENGES
Assembled by elianna james from an article by WCVB
Boston

2. DEMYSTIFYING THE TOPIC
 All of the people depicted here have achieved status, contributed to society
and been held in esteem by their peers and others.
 All of them have done so while fighting mental health challenges. For
those who have done so in the more recent past they have been helped by
therapies that were not available long ago.
 These therapies are constantly improving. We honor their achievements
and their struggles.

3. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Abraham Lincoln

4. MAJOR DEPRESSION
ANXIETY ATTACKS

5. ACTRESS
Catherine Zeta Jones

6. BIPOLAR DISORDER

7. FOOTBALL PLAYER/ BUSINESS
OWNER
Earl Campbell

8. PANIC DISORDER

9. ASTRONAUT
Buzz Aldrin

10. DEPRESSION
ALCOHOLISM

11. SINGER/ SONGWRITER
Kurt Cobain

12. A.D.D.
BIPOLAR DISORDER

13. AUTHOR
J.K. Rowling

14. DEPRESSION

15. MARTIAL ARTS/ ACTOR
John Claude Van Damme

16. DEPRESSION
RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER

17. FOOTBALL/ HEISMAN TROPHY
WINNER
Ricky Williams

18. SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

19. PRINCESS OF WALES
Diana

20. BULIMIA
DEPRESSION

21. ACTRESS
Carrie Fisher

22. BIPOLAR
SEVERE MANIC DEPRESSION

24. DEPRESSION

26. VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

27. “
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Thanks for photos and list of celebrities who have battled or are still
fighting mental illness in many forms:
http://www.wcvb.com/health/14414700

28. ELIANNA JAMES
‘I BREAK WEBSITES, LLC’
eliannaj@yahoo.com
720-425-1001