Patrick Kennedy
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Patrick Kennedy is a former congressman and a passionate advocate for mental health and addiction recovery. This interview reveals his commitment to driving systemic change in mental health services and his ability to connect personal experiences with broader public health challenges.
“When 90% of suicides have an underlying mental health condition, where most of those mental health conditions are undiagnosed and untreated, well, guess what? If you just began to diagnose and treat, you could buy deduction, reduce the total number of people who successfully complete suicide.”
“Diagnoses that I was also suffering from at the same time I'm trying to cover the whole DSM for the purposes of insurance coverage. So I mean, you can't make this up, David. I mean, if I ever had to feel, was it worth it? It's becoming worth it now. You see what I'm saying?”
“The accident 2006 as arrested by Capitol Police. So, I mean, I had plenty of signs that I needed help. But then, of course, because you don't talk about these things, oh, he's looking better now, forgetting the fact this is a chronic illness. Oh, he already went to rehab.”
“I mean, The line of work that was the most antagonistic to every bit of my fiber, which was to be introverted and to, you know, I think Want to avoid anxiety and stress, and yet I jumped into a space which was full of anxiety and stress.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 46 - Patrick Kennedy
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