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Voices Against Violence: Patrick Kennedy

In CBS News' ongoing series "Voices Against Violence," Patrick Kennedy discusses how to recognize signs of mental illness and help those who suffer with it to get treatment
"Voices Against Violence": Patrick Kennedy on mental illness 01:25

In this epidemic of shootings, the country is looking for solutions, and CBS News is listening to a variety of ideas to end the bloodshed. In a series being called, "Voices Against Violence," CBS News is asking people to give their views on gun violence.

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In the first video in the series, CBS News spoke with Calvin Butts, a pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and Dr. Kelly Posner the founder of the Suicide Center at Columbia University.

In this video, a man who lost two of his uncles to gun violence -- a president and a senator.

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy talks about mental illness, and its link to gun violence. To see what Patrick has to say, watch the video above.

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