HHS launches action plan to curb psychiatric overprescribing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 4 announced efforts to curb psychiatric overprescribing at a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Institute summit on mental health and overmedicalization. As the closing speaker, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. laid out a new action plan to promote appropriate psychiatric prescribing and drive deprescribing when clinically indicated, according to an HHS news release.
Authors
- Valerie A. Canady
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mental Health Weekly
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34865
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00