Patrick J. Kennedy: “Both APAs, my fellow panelist Patrick Kennedy, and the unified mental health and substance use disorder community…”

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

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

This is why it is time to pass the Telemental Health Expansion Act which I introduced, as I mentioned, with Congresswoman Doris Matsui.

we are in denial as a Nation about mental health.