Patrick J. Kennedy: “They need to be assured by all of us that they are not going to be left behind.”

we are in denial as a Nation about mental health.

We have got to address the stigma, and we have got to put the resources behind these efforts.

we have made progress in normalizing conversations and reducing stigma about mental illness, it is clear, it is so clear

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