For decades, a prescription pad has often been the first stop for treating depression and anxiety. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants that to become one option — not the automatic one.
Speaking as the closing speaker at the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Institute’s Mental Health and Overmedicalization Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 4, Kennedy unveiled a federal action plan aimed at reducing what he called the overuse of psychiatric medications, particularly among children.
