The following is a script from "Patrick Kennedy" which aired on October 4, 2015. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Rich Bonin, producer. The youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy was ...

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, sees a clear path forward for the improvement of mental health care in the nation, and it comes down to applying the ...

The United States is failing its children by failing to protect them from addictive products, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker Sunday. “We’ve got to stop all of ...

Former U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy will give a talk 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 331 Eighth St. South. The event is free, and all are welcome. Kennedy's speech will ...

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy said he believes his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to a bipartisan alliance to overhaul the US government’s approach to mental health and addiction. Kennedy, a ...

Patrick Kennedy didn’t want to be one of “them.” He recalled being taken to hospitals, drunk, and telling the staff he wouldn’t consent to treatment among the others with addiction or mental illness: ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Former congressman Patrick Kennedy offered an unexpected defense of his controversial cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday, arguing that ...

NBC News obtained a recording of Kennedy’s address, his first joint appearance with the new FDA commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary. The event was meant to welcome both men and highlight the agency’s ...