Kennedy Prioritizes International Efforts to Advance Mental Health Equity

In March 2021 The Kennedy Forum and Patrick J. Kennedy led a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power urging them to integrate mental health and substance use supports into U.S. relief efforts for Ukraine. Prioritizing MH/SUD supports will help address disrupted access to treatment for Ukrainians already living with mental health and substance use disorders and meet the inevitable increase in mental health needs associated with the unfolding disaster. Read the full letter here.

Also in March,  2021 Patrick joined Fabiana Dadone, Minister for Youth Policies of Italy with the Mandate for Drug Policies and Addictions, and Amb. Adam E. Namm, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), OAS, in providing introductory remarks for a prestigious panel at San Patrignano’s “People in Recovery and Stigma: Barriers and Strengths in Their Pathways,” a side event to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s 65th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Watch it here.

In October 2022, Patrick will be delivering keynote remarks at a Netherlands Caribbean Foundation for Clinical Higher Education (NASKHO) conference. Learn more about NASKHO here.