Patrick J. Kennedy: “We need help from Congress to remove prejudice and discrimination and treat it just like all other forms of prejudice…”

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?

Well, it is obviously the key driver in terms of ability to provide the services necessary, because while there is a suspension now and people are using it, that is not going to continue unless the biggest payer of all, CMS, steps up and…

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.

we are in denial as a Nation about mental health.