US Federal Health Department to Curb Antidepressant Prescribing

US to take steps to curb antidepressant prescribing, RFK Jr says

Plan promotes ‘deprescribing’ as psychiatrists warn crisis stems from lack of access to care, not overuse The federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week. Antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, have long been a target for Kennedy, the Trump administration’s health secretary, who talked about the plans at an event Monday hosted by the Make America Healthy Again Inst...

By Rachel Leingang