""Today, we take clear and decisive action to confront our nation's mental health crisis by addressing the overuse of psychiatric medications - especially among children. We will support patient autonomy, require informed consent and shared decision-making, and shift the standard of care toward prevention, transparency, and a more holistic approach to mental health.""
"HHS is calling on medical providers to stop overprescribing mental health meds, meaning giving them to patients who may not need them or who may have at one time, but no longer do, and to instead rely on other forms of treatment, including psychotherapy and even dietary education."
"The initiative encourages providers to clearly lay out the risks and potential side effects of medications throughout a patient's use, and to follow well-established tapering schedules when it's appropriate to wean someone off a medication."
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced an initiative to curb psychiatric overprescribing by promoting appropriate prescribing practices. The initiative encourages doctors to wean patients off medications when possible and emphasizes patient autonomy, informed consent, and shared decision-making. HHS calls on medical providers to consider non-pharmacological treatments, such as psychotherapy and dietary education, and to clearly communicate the risks of medications. A panel of experts will develop formal clinical guidance on appropriate prescribing practices over the summer.
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