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Patrick Kennedy on Autism,Mental Health, Addiction, and Political Change
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Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Patrick Kennedy shares his journey from Congressman to mental health advocate, revealing how his family history and personal struggles with addiction shaped his mission to transform America's approach to mental health care. • Passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act by attaching it to the 2008 bank bailout bill • Advocates for unifying mental health, addiction, and intellectual disability communities around shared needs • Explains how our healthcare system focuses on "sick care" rather than prevention and community support • Identifies how isolation and siloed treatment approaches fail those with co-occurring conditions • Describes meeting…