Policy · United States
U.S. health secretary signals push to curb antidepressant prescribing
RFK Jr. announces HHS plans to encourage deprescribing of antidepressants and discourage long-term SSRI use.
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The Guardian reports that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to encourage 'deprescribing' of antidepressants and discourage prolonged SSRI use, framing the move as a correction to overprescribing.
The proposal has drawn sharp pushback from psychiatric professional societies, who argue that abrupt national-level discouragement could destabilize patients with treatment-responsive depression.
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