Patrick J. Kennedy: “We are not setting a very good example as a Federal Government, because we do not treat mental illness equally to other…”

We have so underfunded this system for so long, why is it a big surprise that we don't have enough providers in the field?

I want to thank the Biden Administration. They’ve put teeth into the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

We wouldn't expect any less if there were any other illness. And yet we settled for less than 20 percent of Americans getting any of that today in this country.

When we have an emergency, FEMA comes in. They've got housing, job opportunities, support of this and that. We need a strategy that understands that housing is critical to address the homeless epidemic of people with severe mental illness…