Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication

As RFK Jr. sets out to rein in the use of SSRIs, a group of top psychiatrists are developing ground rules for helping patients get off medications, acknowledging that patients are often "parked" on a drug for years without any endpoint in sight. Comments are open. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s...

Today a court authorized stopping the abortion pill from being mailed to patients. Will antidepressants, which help millions of people, be the next thing Trump stops people from getting access to? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s...

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What % of these are prescribed by shrinks? Not nearly as many as you think. Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s...

Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s...

The Health Secretary, a man who obviously needs psychiatric medication, wants you to stop taking your meds.

This is about "deprescribing" and cites guidelines in a JAMA Network Open paper in Feb and BJP paper in March. Also says HHS will convene panels on deprescribing SSRIs this summer. #Psychsky #depression #anxiety #psychiatry #psychology #trauma #PTSD #mentalhealth

Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/science/psychiatry-kennedy-ssris-maha-antidepressants.html

Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s... He's always been the Kennedy problem child. Chances are he was forced to take meds and they made him feel lousy. It's payback time.