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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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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