stigma
of depression, 169–70
fighting, 12–13, 131, 341
of mental illness, 30, 137, 152–53, 171
shame and, 192, 263–64
of substance abuse disorders, 30
term “disorders” as, 351
Stupak, Bart, 204
Styron, William, 131
Suboxone, 208–9, 215, 219–20
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 108, 186, 225
substance abuse disorders. See also alcoholism
“bad parenting” and, 51
as common problem, 269
denial and, 155
“Just Say No” and, 64–65
mood disorders and, 172
parity and, 142, 194–95
perceptions of, 64–65, 247–48
stages of, 72
suicides
antidepressants and, 143
hotlines and, 85–86
impediments to prevention of, 258–59
initiative on, 164–65
of military veterans, 268, 325–26
narratives about, 139–40
prevention of, 203–4, 205
rate of, 228–29
Sullivan, Barry, 300
Sununu, John, 165
Surgeon General’s report, 167
Susman, Louis, 323, 358
Sweeney, Dennis, 133–34
Swift, Taylor, 353
Szasz, Thomas, 113
talk therapies, 143
TARP. See Troubled Asset Relief Program
Taylor, Charles, 322
Teddy Kennedy Story, The (TV film), 77
“Tedstrong” bracelets, 317
tell-all books, 53–54
Teng Hsiao-p’ing, 50
terrorism, 193
THC, 357–58
Thirteen Days (film), 187
Thomas, Clarence, 97–98
Thompson, Hunter, 74
Tiahrt,Todd, 205
“tied” children, 372
Time magazine, 109
Today show, 331
Torrey, E. Fuller, 110
Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy (cousin), 187
trauma-based illnesses, 129, 166–67, 268
traumatic brain injury (TBI), 326, 334
treatment limits, 285
treatments. See also Alcoholics Anonymous; group therapy; medications; twelve-step programs
approaches to, 264
cognitive behavioral therapy as, 223
collaboration in, 368–69
day programs as, 226, 311
electroconvulsive therapy as, 143–44, 311
exercise as, 224
gap in, 371
geographic cure as, 273
insights as goal of, 281
legally mandated, 312
medication-assisted, 209, 311
outpatient and inpatient, 310–11
partial hospitalization as, 226
prayer meetings as, 271
psychotherapy as, 223
of schizophrenia, 341
spiritual counseling as, 265
talk therapies and, 143
triggers, 280
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 293
True Compass (Ted Kennedy), 314–15
Tunney, John, 74
Tutu, Desmond, 77
twelve-step programs. See also Alcoholics Anonymous
group sessions in, 47
making amends in, 358–59
medication in, 209, 339
privacy and confidentiality in, 47–48, 222, 241
slips and relapses in, 51
steps of, 280–81
21st Century Health Information Act, 218, 219
Two Dreams (rehab center), 335
Unquiet Mind, An (Wyatt), 130–31
urine testing, 311, 312
Very Special Arts, 349
veterans, 129, 218, 268, 325–26
Vieira, Meredith, 331
Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center, 335
Vivitrol, 312
Volkow, Nora, 246, 248
Wallace, Mike, 131, 162, 204, 226
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 268
War on Cancer, 107
War on Drugs, 64
Washington Post, 130, 233
Wellbutrin, 206
Wellstone, Paul
bill named for, 261–62
brother of, 137–38, 139
death of, 199
on first mental health parity bill, 142
parity bills of, 190, 194–95, 198, 259
Wellstone, Stephen, 137–38
West, Darrell, 178
Whitaker, Eric, 298
White House Conference on Mental Health, 160–63, 177
White House meeting, 362–64
Williams, Juan, 165
Wilson, Heather, 277
Winter, Steve, 257–58
World Health Organization, 57, 216, 371
World Psychiatric Association, 216
Wounded Warrior Assistance Act, 268
Wyatt, Richard J., 130–31
Xanax, 78
Young, Cornel, Jr., 174, 176
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the nation’s leading political voice on mental illness, addiction, and other brain diseases. During his sixteen-year career representing Rhode Island in Congress, he fought a national battle to end medical and societal discrimination against these illnesses, highlighted by his lead sponsorship of the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act of 2008—and his brave openness about his own health challenges. The son of Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, he decided to leave Congress not long after his father’s death to devote his career to advocacy for brain diseases and to create a new, healthier life and start a family. He has since founded the Kennedy Forum, which unites the community of mental health, and co-founded One Mind, a global leader in open science collaboration in brain research. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Amy, and their three (soon to be four) children.
www.patrickjkennedy.net
Stephen Fried is an award-winning magazine journalist, a bestselling author, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of two books on healthcare, mental health, and addiction—Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs, and Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia—as well as The New Rabbi, Husbandry, and his recent historical biography Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West—One Meal at a Time, which was a New York Times bestseller. Fried lives in Philadelphia with his wife, author Diane Ayres.
www.stephenfried.com
* I want to thank the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, which coined this phrase and allows me to use it freely in my talks and writing.
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