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The Politics of Mental Health Care with Patrick Kennedy
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April 27, 2016
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1:16:45Now PlayingOn April 26, the IOP hosted former US Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) for a discussion on the politics of mental health parity. Kennedy examined the broken state of mental health care in America and the issues the electorate should be paying attention to this fall. The son of Senator Ted Kennedy, Patrick left Congress after his father’s death to devote his career to advocacy for brain diseases by fostering public awareness and pushing for policy changes. In his recent book about his personal struggle and family history of addiction, Kennedy criticizes the current system that treats addiction and other mental health afflictions as personal failures rather than medical conditions. Given the prevalence of this issue, how do the proposals from candidates up and down the ballot shape up and what actions can we expect following the election this year?
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