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A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction

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by Patrick J. Kennedy


  Axelrod, David, 119, 191–92, 316

  B4Stage4, 354

  Bakst, Charlie, 170–71

  Barry, Bill, 120

  Barthwell, Andrea, 335

  Barton, Joe, 206

  Bazelton Center for Mental Health Law, 218

  Beale, Rhonda Robinson, 366

  Beautiful Mind, A (film), 109, 117

  Beck, Aaron “Tim,” 223, 365

  “Behavioral Health Insurance Parity for Federal Employees” report, 227

  Bendat, Meiram, 360

  Bennett, Harry, 44

  Bennett, Virginia Stead, 44–45

  benzodiazepine, 295

  Best Buddies program, 239

  Betty Ford Center, 241

  Bhutto, Benazir, 274–75

  Biden, Joseph, 344–45, 365, 366

  Bill for the Construction of Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers (1963). See Community Mental Health Act (1963)

  bipolar disorder, 70–71, 88, 146, 151

  blood testing, 109, 151, 311

  Blumethal, Richard, 366

  Bono, Mary, 165

  Boorstin, Bob, 130

  Boston Globe, 91, 117, 172

  Boston Globe Magazine, 182

  Bradley, Bill, 83

  Brady Bill, 120

  Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, 340

  Breyer, Stephen, 347

  Bring Change 2 Mind campaign, 341

  Brown, Scott, 316–17

  Buchanan, Vern, 322

  buprenorphine, 208–9

  Bush, George H. W., 106

  Bush, George W., 187, 198, 225, 277, 296–97

  Bush v. Gore, 183

  caffeine, 83

  Campaign for Mental Health Reform, 1, 217–18, 232

  Campaign to Insure Mental Health and Addiction Equity, 256

  Canyon Ranch, 273

  Capitol Police, 2, 234, 235

  CAPS (mental health facility), 226, 227

  caregiver advocacy groups, 195

  Caron Foundation, 268–69, 292

  Carter, Jimmy, 54, 55–56, 58, 63

  Carter, Rosalynn, 55–56, 266, 276–77

  Caruolo, George, 119

  Cavett, Dick, 131

  CBS Reports, 59

  CBT. See cognitive behavioral therapy

  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 186, 267

  Chafee, John, 150

  Chappaquiddick incident, 34, 41

  Chavez, Cesar, 305

  Chiarelli, Pete, 351

  Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act, 218

  Christian Coalition, 271

  Church of Scientology, 113

  civil rights, 12, 13–14, 354

  Cleland, Max, 252, 344

  Clinton, Bill, 122–23, 141, 159, 178, 180, 183

  Clinton, Chelsea, 366

  Clinton, Hillary, 116, 162, 183

  Close, Glenn, 341

  Clozaril (clozapine), 108–9, 151

  CMS. See Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  Coalition for Fairness in Mental Illness Coverage, 195, 270

  cocaine, 19, 71, 78, 79, 100

  CODEL. See congressional delegation

  codependency, 190–91

  cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 87, 223, 250–51

  Colbert, Stephen, 358

  Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), 77

  Collins, Francis, 344

  Columbia/HCA, 149–50

  Columbine High School shootings, 161, 164

  coming out

  Betty Ford and, 53

  Jim Ramstad and, 212–13

  Joan Kennedy and, 53, 171

  Patrick Kennedy and, 4, 169–70, 177–78, 234–36, 248

  of prominent citizens, 131, 162–63, 253

  in recovery, 177

  Teddy Kennedy and, 117

  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (subcommittee), 186

  community-based care, 29

  Community Mental Health Act (1963)

  Carters and, 56

  fiftieth anniversary of, 352, 353, 354

  John Kennedy and, 28–29, 239

  comorbidity. See also dual diagnosis

  emotional perceptions of, 247–48

  narratives about, 256–57

  psychiatric medication and, 81

  sobriety and, 339

  Comprehensive Assistance for Veterans Exposed to Traumatic Stressors Act, 218

  Conaway, Mike, 322

  conferencing, 284

  Congressional Black Caucus, 174, 175

  Congressional Budget Office, 217

  congressional delegation (CODEL), 220, 321–24

  Conrad, Kent, 140

  Conservative Action Team, 205

  Contract with America, 122, 127

  Coulter, Ann, 165

  counseling, spiritual and pastoral, 265

  Crane, Phil, 252

  Crawford, Robin, 76–77, 83

  Crowley, Candy, 131–32

  Daschle, Tom, 140, 193

  day programs, 226

  DBSA. See Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

  DCCC. See Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

  death threats, 120–21

  Decade of the Brain, 106, 107

  decriminalization, 357

  deinstitutionalization, 64

  DeMint, Jim, 165

  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), 154, 156–57, 178, 183

  Democratic National Conventions, 62, 180, 289–90

  denial, 155, 185

  Department of Health and Human Services, 186, 195

  DePaulo, Ray, 131

  depression

  as biological brain disorder, 171–72

  in bipolar II, 71

  stigma of, 169–70

  unipolar and bipolar, 88

  Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), 225

  developmental disabilities, 24–25, 210, 318

  DeWine, Mike, 202

  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

  DSM-5 and, 216, 361–62

  DSM-III and, 57–58, 65

  parity linked to, 136, 285

  Diane Rehm Show, The (talk show), 259

  Dingell, John, 266

  Di Paolo, Frank, 91, 100–101, 121–22

  Dodd, Chris

  election of 2008 and, 276

  as family friend, 83, 183

  parity bills and, 140, 287, 293

  Domenici, Pete

  on coverage for mental illness, 138–39

  daughter of, 110, 137

  parity bills and, 190, 194–95, 198, 259

  retirement of, 270

  Dorgan, Byron, 140

  Dreier, David, 322

  drug courts, 202, 312

  drug laws, 357–58

  DSM and DSM-III. See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

  dual diagnosis, 172, 215. See also comorbidity

  Duke, Patty, 131

  Eagleton, Thomas, 41

  ECT. See electroconvulsive therapy

  elections

  in 1980, 54–55, 58–59

  in 1984, 67–69

  in 1992, 98

  in 1994, 112, 118–19, 120–21

  in 1996, 145

  in 2000, 154–57, 176–77, 182–83

  in 2002, 200

  in 2008, 276–77

  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), 143–44, 311

  Ellison, Keith, 322

  Elmendorf, Steve, 154

  Emanuel, Rahm, 293
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br />   Emmet, Bill, 110, 171, 218

  Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 141, 232

  Enemy Within, The (Robert Kennedy), 14

  England, Mary Jane, 366

  Equitable Health Care for Severe Mental Illnesses Act, 138–39

  ERISA. See Employee Retirement Income Security Act

  exposure, 95

  Faces & Voices of Recovery, 241

  false memories, 143

  Father Martin’s Ashley (retreat center), 272, 301–2, 315

  FDA, 88, 114, 151–52, 157, 344

  federal employee health plans, 92, 163, 227

  Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 163

  Federation of American Hospitals, 195

  Fessenden (school), 66, 67

  field hearings, 255

  Fitch, Brandon, 109

  Flynn, Laurie, 110

  Ford, Betty, 53

  for-profit hospitals, 149–50

  Foundations for Learning Act, 192

  Fox, Gordon, 110

  Frank, Richard, 227, 352

  Franken, Al, 309

  Friedman, Allan, 284

  Frist, Bill, 140

  Frontiers of Health Care conferences, 245–46

  Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most (Tim Shriver), 370

  fund-raising

  for breast cancer, 165–66

  for DCCC, 154, 156–57, 178, 183

  mental health initiatives, 340–41, 364

  funerals, 128

  Garner, Connie, 284

  Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, 203, 205

  generational issues, 251

  genetic factors, 16, 44–45, 51

  geographic cure, 273

  Georgetown University, 83

  Gephardt, Dick, 118, 125, 154, 183, 200

  Gershman, Kiki, 116–17

  Gingrich, Newt, 121–22, 155–56, 245

  Goldman, Howard, 227

  Goldsman, Akiva, 117

  Good Housekeeping, 40

  Gore, Al, 156, 162, 176–77, 180

  Gore, Tipper, 160–61, 162, 169, 176–77

  Grazer, Brian, 117

  group therapy

  privacy and confidentiality in, 47–48, 208, 222

  process groups and, 6, 239, 243, 271, 301

  Gun Crime Enforcement and Second Amendment Restoration Act of 1996, 132

  Haldol, 58, 88

  Halfway Home (film), 344

  hallucinations, 108

  Hanley-Hazelden (rehab center), 202

  Harris, Lou, 23–24

  Harry, Debbie, 173, 174

  Hastert, Dennis, 196

  Hatch, Orrin, 96, 97, 298

  head trauma, 75

  Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, 253, 302

  healthcare

  cutbacks in, 85, 150

  as delivered at state level, 109–10

  investigations into, 150–51

  healthcare parity. See mental health parity

  Health Information HIPAA, 219

  health insurance, 116, 135, 196, 317, 360

  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 135, 141

  health insurance reform amendment, 138–41

  Health Security Act, 115–16, 122

  heroin, 215

  hideaways, 187–88

  Hill, Anita, 97

  Hines, Keven, 258

  HIPAA. See Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

  Holland, John, 6, 238

  home-based care, 29–30

  Horowitz, Larry, 61, 78–79, 315–16, 327

  House Appropriations Committee, 186, 187

  House Armed Services Committee, 125

  House Resolution (HR) 1424. See Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (2008)

  Hughes, Harold, 252

  Hyannis Port, 36

  Hyde, Pamela, 366

  Hyman, Andy, 217–18, 352

  Hyman, Steve, 162, 334, 344

  hypersexuality, 146

  hypomania, 71, 75

  IMD exclusion, 30

  imipramine, 58, 88

  infidelity, 66, 148

  Ingraham, Laura, 165

  Insel, Thomas, 246, 248, 334, 361–62

  Institute of Living, 96–97

  Institute of Politics (Harvard), 98

  insurance parity, 109, 110

  intellectual disabilities. See also Special Olympics

  home-based care of, 26, 29–30

  Let’s Play to Grow and, 86

  psychiatric illness and, 210

  stigma of, 26

  treatment gap and, 371–72

  Intensive Addiction Program, 222, 237

  International Classification of Diseases, 57

  International Mental Health Research Organization, 340

  isolation, 66

  Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (miniseries), 182

  Jackson, Jesse, Jr., 7, 8–9, 165

  Jamison, Kay Redfield, 130–31

  Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 344

  JFK Presidential Library, 340

  John, Elton, 173

  Johnson, Nancy, 195–96

  Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Mental Health, 26, 27–28

  Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, 23–24, 26–27

  Josie King Act, 218–19

  Juhl, Don, 79–80, 80–81, 111

  “Just Say No” campaign, 64

  Kassebaum, Nancy, 138, 140

  Keeping Families Together, 218

  Kennedy, Amy (wife). See also Savell, Amy

  children of, 321, 324, 347, 364, 374

  role of, 15–16, 338–39

  wedding of, 347–48

  Kennedy, Caroline (cousin), 181, 276, 308, 340, 345

  Kennedy, David (cousin), 72–73, 74

  Kennedy, Edward, Jr. “Teddy” (brother)

  alcoholism of, 96–97, 117

  birth of, 33

  cancer and recovery of, 40–41, 42–43

  eulogy by, 308

  marriage of, 116–17

  Patrick and, 347

  politics and, 22, 77–78

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted” (father)

  alcoholic abuse by, 96, 97

  back injury of, 32

  brain cancer and seizures of, 284, 287–88, 298, 356

  Bush and, 187

  campaigning with, 59

  Chappaquiddick incident of, 34, 41

  death of, 306–7

  elections of, 54, 58–59, 67–69, 98, 120

  family tragedies and, 73, 166–67

  as father figure to many, 34

  healthcare parity and, 140, 253, 259–60

  intervention by family, 102–4

  kidney stones and, 289

  letter to children of, 307–8

  memoir of, 314–15

  memorial service for, 303, 308–9

  Obama and, 276

  Patrick and, 35–36, 66, 79–80, 103–4, 188–89, 278–79

  PTSD of, 32–33

  qualities of, 99

  remarriage of, 111

  separation and divorce of, 66–67

  “shortcomings” speech of, 98, 101

  Vicki and, 102, 111–12, 188, 189, 251, 265, 292

  Kennedy, Jackie (aunt), 27

  Kennedy, Joan (mother)

  Alcoholics Anonymous and, 46, 48

  alcoholism of, 32–33, 43–44, 54, 353

  attitudes toward, 39

  breast cancer of, 219

  care for, 111–12

  coming out, 53, 171

  divorc
e settlement of, 112

  DUI of, 96

  family concerns about, 54–55, 67, 201–2

  hospitalization of, 211–12

  medical guardianship for, 201–3, 211, 273

  miscarriages of, 33, 34

  Patrick and, 121, 345–46

  psychiatric treatment of, 40

  rehab of, 43, 96, 202

  relapse of, 181–82

  shame and stigma of, 273, 346

  support for, 197

  Kennedy, John, Jr. (cousin), 148, 165–67

  Kennedy, John F. “Jack” (uncle), 26

  assassination of, 29, 166, 274

  mental illness commission of, 26, 27–28

  Kennedy, Joseph, Jr. (cousin), 78

  Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr. (grandfather), 25

  Kennedy, Kara (sister)

  birth of, 33

  death of, 6, 349–50

  at father’s death, 307–8

  lung cancer of, 200–201

  rehab of, 255, 272

  Kennedy, Nora Kara (daughter), 367

  Kennedy, Owen Patrick (son), 350–51

  Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier (cousin), 27

  Kennedy, Patrick J. (author)

  activities since 2010, 10–11

  African CODEL of, 321–24

  Amy and, 15–16, 323–25, 338–39

  Amy’s family and, 324–25, 329–30, 332, 335–36

  anxiety of, 51, 126, 216

  asthma of, 19–20, 35, 49, 62, 89, 216

  automobile accident of, 1–3, 229–31, 233–34

  back pain of, 19, 157–58, 207, 215

  becoming sober, 337–38

  bipolar disorder and, 70–71, 327, 329

  brain research initiative of, 331, 333–34

  broken hand of, 282

  Bush and, 187

  at CAPS, 226, 227

  CBT and, 222–25, 250–51, 264

  childhood of, 35–39, 49

  children of, 321, 324, 347, 364, 374

  cocaine and, 19, 71, 78, 79, 100

  college years of, 82–89, 95

  coming out, 4, 169–70, 177–78, 234–36, 248

  in Congress, 112, 125–27, 131–32, 145, 150

  courting Amy, 318–21, 323–25, 329–30, 332

  death of father of, 303, 306–9

  death threats against, 120–21

  depression of, 51, 71, 146, 170

  drinking of, 49–50, 83, 154–55, 292

  dual diagnosis of, 172, 215

  early political activities of, 89

  elections of, 112, 118–19, 120–21, 145

  engagement of, 342–44

  father and, 35–36, 66, 79–80, 103–4, 188–89, 278–79

  at Father Martin’s Ashley, 315

  hiding illness, 145, 147, 234–35

  high school years of, 70–71, 76–78, 80–82

  house purchase of, 332–33

  injuries of, 74–75, 158–59, 229

  isolation of, 49, 66, 252

  leaving Congress in 2010, 10, 303–4, 315–16, 331, 334–35

 

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