Patrick J. Kennedy is a former member of the U.S. Congress, the
nation's leading political voice on mental illness, addiction, and
other brain diseases, and the New York Times bestselling coauthor
of A Common Struggle. During his sixteen-year career representing
Rhode Island, he fought a national battle to end medical and
societal discrimination against mental illnesses, highlighted by
his lead sponsorship of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction
Equity Act of 2008-and his brave openness about his own health
challenges. Soon after his father, Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy,
passed away, he left Congress to devote his career to advocacy for
mental health. He has since founded The Kennedy Forum, which unites
the community of mental health, and cofounded One Mind for
Research, as well as other nonprofit organizations addressing these
issues. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Amy, and their five
children.
Stephen Fried is an award-winning journalist and New York
Timesbestselling author who teaches at Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism and the University of Pennsylvania. He is,
most recently, the author of the historical biography Appetite for
America, and the coauthor, with Congressman Patrick Kennedy, of A
Common Struggle. His earlier books include the biography Thing of
Beauty- The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia and the investigative books
Bitter Pills and The New Rabbi. A two-time winner of the National
Magazine Award, Fried has written frequently for Vanity Fair, GQ,
The Washington Post Magazine, Rolling Stone, Glamour, and
Philadelphia Magazine. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife,
author Diane Ayres.
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