The State of Mental Health in America

Patrick Kennedy

Founder, The Kennedy Forum & Co-Founder, One Mind

Thomas Insel,

Director, National Institute of Mental Health

Nneka Tapia,

Executive Director, Cook County Department of Corrections

Shannon Heffernan

Reporter & Producer, WBEZ

One in five adults in America experience a mental illness. Yet the national conversation on mental health is often shrouded in secrecy rather than illuminated by medical fact. CIW invites experts to dive into the realities of mental illness and its impact on the individual and the community.

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What to expect: Patrick Kennedy on how his own struggles with mental illness shaped his view of public policy; Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia on using her experiencing as a clinical psychologist to lead the Cook County Department of Corrections; Dr. Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, on the link between genetics and mental illness