RFK Jr. Announces New Plan to Tackle 'Overmedicalization' of Psychiatric Care

Mental Health,Mental Health Crisis,Robert F Kennedy Jr,Department Of Health And Human Services,Public Health,Medicine,MAHA

Posted on AllSides May 6, 2026

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The federal government is taking steps to tackle what it described as the overprescribing of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at an event focused on "mental health and overmedicalization" in Washington on May 4.

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