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Former CNN President Tom Johnson Advocates for Mental Health

10/2/2025

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Tom Johnson, former CNN president, recounts his battle with severe depression in Driven.
He says depression is treatable and urges others to seek help, citing friends' suicides and his daughter's Alzheimer's.
He recalls working with Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Turner and their complexities.
He regrets missing family moments for work and now advocates mental health and substance abuse awareness.

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Tom Johnson, former CNN president, recounts his battle with severe depression in Driven.
He says depression is treatable and urges others to seek help, citing friends' suicides and his daughter's Alzheimer's.
He recalls working with Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Turner and their complexities.
He regrets missing family moments for work and now advocates mental health and substance abuse awareness.