Patrick J. Kennedy: “This epidemic knows no geographic, political, or socio-economic bounds.”

It is prejudice and discrimination to think that if a person has a mental illness, they are not capable of functioning.

the promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act has not been realized and that many Americans are encountering barriers when seeking professional help.

Because I think any firefighter will tell you, these days especially, they spend more of their time trying to do first response to overdoses and mental health crisis than they do putting out fires.

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