This video found on YouTube, was uploaded on July 16, 2012 by CNN. In it, Patrick Kennedy talks about why he has been open about his struggles with mental illness, and goes a step further to challenge people to look at the words they use when describing someone with a mental illness and think about the impact of those words.
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