RFK Jr. Wants to Crack Down on Psychiatric Overprescription. A Psychologist Says It’s More Complicated Than That

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new federal plan this month aimed at addressing what the department calls “psychiatric overprescribing,” including efforts to promote appropriate prescribing, support deprescribing when clinically appropriate and increase awareness of non-medication mental health treatments.The announcement enters an ongoing debate in mental health care: how to address inappropriate prescribing without discouraging people from treatments they