Patrick Kennedy talks about Ted’s indifference to his struggle with addiction
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, champion of treating mental disorders and addictions as legitimate health-care issues, urged an audience of 15,000 at the University of Rhode Island, including 3,434 undergraduates minutes away from getting their diplomas, to seek help for any brain-related malady as readily as they would a broken bone or disease.Kennedy, 51, was the commencement speaker at URI’s main graduation on the Quadrangle on a sunny, breezy Sunday afternoon. He also […]
