Meanwhile, Patrick Kennedy said he first considered writing about his — and his family’s — struggles with mental illness and substance abuse in 2011, after he retired from eight terms in ...

Patrick Kennedy, a former eight-term Democratic representative from Rhode Island, retired in 2010 and has since married and had two children.

Former congressman Patrick Kennedy’s memoir, out today, is a raw account of his addiction to drugs, both prescription and non-, as well as to booze, and his bipolar disorder, and the toll they ...

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy fiercely defended disclosures about his storied family’s health and alleged addictions in his new book Tuesday, saying that if he “can’t talk about it, who can?” ...