Patrick Kennedy

With my book, Profiles in Mental Health Courage, I feature 12 people and their families. So, Tony, to your point, the family is left out of this conversation.

With my book, Profiles in Mental Health Courage, I feature 12 people and their families. So, Tony, to your point, the family is left out of this conversation.

With my book, Profiles in Mental Health Courage, I feature 12 people and their families. So, Tony, to your point, the family is left out of this conversation.

If we looked at the one in four, one in three, whatever the number is that they cooked up in the last year or two on how many people this affects, you lose sight of the fact that it's one in one because every single family in America has someone who's been suffering. It's just impossible not to. We all have brains like every other organ of the body. It gets sick just like anything else.

If we looked at the one in four, one in three, whatever the number is that they cooked up in the last year or two on how many people this affects, you lose sight of the fact that it's one in one because every single family in America has someone who's been suffering. It's just impossible not to. We all have brains like every other organ of the body. It gets sick just like anything else.

If we looked at the one in four, one in three, whatever the number is that they cooked up in the last year or two on how many people this affects, you lose sight of the fact that it's one in one because every single family in America has someone who's been suffering. It's just impossible not to. We all have brains like every other organ of the body. It gets sick just like anything else.

It has challenges. And we need to treat these illnesses as opposed to shame people who are suffering from them. But in each of these stories, I include the family members, because for those of us who are fortunate to make it out of the depth of despair.

It has challenges. And we need to treat these illnesses as opposed to shame people who are suffering from them. But in each of these stories, I include the family members, because for those of us who are fortunate to make it out of the depth of despair.

It has challenges. And we need to treat these illnesses as opposed to shame people who are suffering from them. But in each of these stories, I include the family members, because for those of us who are fortunate to make it out of the depth of despair.

We're the only ones who tell our story, in a sense, because if it's a story that's murky and not black and white and not crystal clear that you've succeeded, you don't tell your story because you feel that shame again.

We're the only ones who tell our story, in a sense, because if it's a story that's murky and not black and white and not crystal clear that you've succeeded, you don't tell your story because you feel that shame again.

We're the only ones who tell our story, in a sense, because if it's a story that's murky and not black and white and not crystal clear that you've succeeded, you don't tell your story because you feel that shame again.

What we're missing in America is the feeling that they're not all happy ending stories, but there's some real bright spots when people are struggling, trying to, and that has to be celebrated. In this book, A lot of the people who I feature, they're still struggling. It's important that people don't feel alone. The worst thing people can feel is that there's no one else like them out there.

What we're missing in America is the feeling that they're not all happy ending stories, but there's some real bright spots when people are struggling, trying to, and that has to be celebrated. In this book, A lot of the people who I feature, they're still struggling. It's important that people don't feel alone. The worst thing people can feel is that there's no one else like them out there.

What we're missing in America is the feeling that they're not all happy ending stories, but there's some real bright spots when people are struggling, trying to, and that has to be celebrated. In this book, A lot of the people who I feature, they're still struggling. It's important that people don't feel alone. The worst thing people can feel is that there's no one else like them out there.

And then they feel that desperation and hopelessness. And I want people to know that in the real world, these issues play themselves out in the criminal justice system, obviously in the workplace, in the healthcare system, and most importantly, in the family. which, by the way, does not have the tools to talk about these issues because there's silence, right?

And then they feel that desperation and hopelessness. And I want people to know that in the real world, these issues play themselves out in the criminal justice system, obviously in the workplace, in the healthcare system, and most importantly, in the family. which, by the way, does not have the tools to talk about these issues because there's silence, right?

And then they feel that desperation and hopelessness. And I want people to know that in the real world, these issues play themselves out in the criminal justice system, obviously in the workplace, in the healthcare system, and most importantly, in the family. which, by the way, does not have the tools to talk about these issues because there's silence, right?

There's no kind of narratives that help people come to grips with what it is to live with someone who is struggling with one of these illnesses. So everybody's affected. And I think, Tony, the way we've changed the kind of political dynamic is also to change the cultural dynamic. So the culture really still judges people.

There's no kind of narratives that help people come to grips with what it is to live with someone who is struggling with one of these illnesses. So everybody's affected. And I think, Tony, the way we've changed the kind of political dynamic is also to change the cultural dynamic. So the culture really still judges people.