Patrick J. Kennedy: “Over my 15 years in public life, I felt a responsibility to speak honestly and openly about the challenges that I have…”

If this were any other issue we would move heaven and Earth to deal with it. In COVID we responded right away, everybody inoculation, everybody out there. The longest impact of COVID is going to be mental health, and yet, we don't treat it.

It is not working. That is what you essentially have said.

What we're trying to do is make the spirit of parity a practical reality.

this needs to be a priority. And it will be an enormous protective factor for kids, especially since we are seeing suicide rates skyrocket.