Patrick J. Kennedy

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

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

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

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

“We need a moonshot for the brain.”

“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.”

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

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