Patrick Kennedy calls for more attention on mental health issues after cousin Saoirse's death

Patrick Kennedy said the 'stigma and isolation' surrounding the issue of mental health must come to an end as he opened up about the death of his cousin Saoirse from an apparent drug overdose. Patrick Kennedy,, said the 'stigma and isolation' surrounding the issue of mental health must come to an end as he opened up about the death of his cousin Saoirse from an apparent drug overdose Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22,, died of a possible drug overdose at the Kennedy Compound on Cape Cod on Thursday Kennedy shared a 2016 article Saoirse had penned for a student newspaper in which she spoke about her struggle with depression. Ethel Kennedy,, and her daughter Courtney Kennedy Hill,, were seen for the first time on Friday following the tragic death of Courtney's daughter Saoirse, 22, from a suspected drug overdose On the back of the golf buggy they were supported by Kerry Townsend Meltzer, the youngest daughter of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Saoirse Kennedy Hill helped found a group at the school called Deerfield Students Against Sexual Assault, according to a November 2016 story in The Deerfield Scroll Professor Breen claimed that Saoirse once asked him to speak to her out after a class conversation on feminism and rape culture, asking him whether the issues were appropriate for the classroom given that some students may have been survivors of sexual assault. Robert F Kennedy Jr paid a moving tribute to his niece Saoirse Kennedy Hill, saying the 'gaping hope she leaves in our lives is too large to ever heal' following her suspected death of a drug overdose on Thursday Saoirse's uncle Robert F Kennedy Jr, son of the late presidential candidate and his wife Ethel, shared an image with his beloved niece and described her as 'fierce and daring' as the family mourn her tragic loss Saoirse is seen celebrating her grandmother Ethel's birthday last year surrounded by family members Saoirse's father is Paul Michael Hill, one of four people falsely convicted in the 1974 Irish Republican Army bombings of two pubs.