Patrick J. Kennedy,the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction. In A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction, or he explores the life-altering decision to be publicly candid approximately suffering from bipolar disorder and addiction,which led him to become one of the nation's most outspoken advocates for mental health and substance abuse reform.
Source: wnyc.org