One Mind “Moonshot” Conference in Boston

Patrick Kennedy has gathered together many of the best and brightest scientists and advocates for mental health in Boston.  I’m sitting in the One Mind conference and with my own research and personal connections to this field, I’m still amazed at how much is possible — how close we are to helping so many.  It isn’t our knowledge limitations that stand in our way, but politics.  It isn’t our lack of desire, but the blindness of those who cannot see that they too will be touched by cognitive disorders even even if they and their families haven’t been as yet.  This is a time for coming together, Kennedy says.  And he and those working with him are putting their hearts and minds to the task. They go into it with their eyes open.  It will not be easy. Hopefully, though, they are launching a revolution just as healthcare and research in health are threatened from so many sides.  It’s bold and it’s important beyond measure.