RFK Jr Launches Major Push To Reduce Antidepressant Overprescribing

By Jon Brown | The Christian Post

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a sweeping new initiative earlier this week to reduce what he characterized as the overprescription of antidepressant selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and other psychotropic medications, especially for children.

“Psychiatric medications have a role in care, but we will no longer treat them as the default,” Kennedy said at a Monday summit on mental health and overmedicalization hosted by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Institute in Washington, D.C.

“We will treat them as one option, to be used when appropriate, with full transparency and with a clear path off when they are no longer needed.”

The plan being rolled out by HHS emphasizes “deprescribing” by helping patients taper off medications when they are not providing clear therapeutic benefit, and came days after The New York Times highlighted the increasing number of top psychiatrists who are raising concerns about structural problems in the medical industry that may lead to overprescribing.

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