{"id":7068,"date":"2013-01-15T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T01:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2013-01-15T20:51:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T01:51:12","slug":"lincoln-an-oscar-deserving-story-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2013\/01\/lincoln-an-oscar-deserving-story-of-hope.html","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln: An Oscar-Deserving Story of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following blog was recently published on <a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/archives\/author\/thereseb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Psych Central<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/files\/2013\/01\/Lincoln_2012_Teaser_Poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2013\/01\/Lincoln_2012_Teaser_Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7071\" \/><\/a>The 2012 American historical drama film <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lincoln_(2012_film)\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLincoln\u201d<\/a>, directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, has been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards and twelve Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. The movie was meticulously done and succeeded in capturing Lincoln\u2019s enigmatic, complex, and charming self. <\/p>\n<p>However, it wasn\u2019t the great acting or directing that had me so glued to the screen that I was afraid to reach for popcorn.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln has been my mental health hero ever since Joshua Wolf Shenk, who has since become a friend of mine, published his acclaimed book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lincolns-Melancholy-Depression-Challenged-President\/dp\/0618773444\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLincoln\u2019s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness.\u201d<\/a> Shenk took seven years to research and write the masterpiece, and it gained attention right as I had graduated from one psych ward unit and was going into another one.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/archives\/2013\/01\/14\/lincoln-an-oscar-deserving-story-of-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following blog was recently published on Psych Central. 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