Patrick J. Kennedy

“This is the new civil rights issue: the right to be treated for the disease of the brain.”

“Addiction is a disease of isolation. Connection is the cure.”

“Mental illness is the only disease that we diagnose by the way people behave.”

“For too long, we have treated the most prevalent and complex of all diseases, the disease of the brain, as a moral failing.”

“We need a moonshot for the brain.”

“There should be no shame in talking about mental illness. It's a disease like any other.”

“If we can get people to talk about it, we can get people to be treated for it.”

“My father taught me that the only way to define yourself is by what you stand for.”

“Parity is not a specialty issue, it's a mainstream issue. It affects every family in America.”