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RFK Jr. Is Coming for Your Antidepressants

MARK MAKELA / REUTERS In the increasingly muddled medicine of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he’s now reportedly preparing to crank back Americans’ use of antidepressants. “Psychiatric medications have a role in care, but we will no longer treat them as the default,” Kennedy, who has admitted to a 14-year heroin addiction , warned early this week at a ​Mental Health and Overmedicalization Summit. He’s considering banning the use of certain antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), Reuters reported , citing two sources with knowledge of the reduction discussions within HHS. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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