01/08/2026
This article discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s skepticism toward antidepressants for adolescents. According to the author, the unfounded claims Kennedy makes may result in fewer people having access to addiction treatment and mental health care. As a result of previous fear-driven messages about antidepressants, doctor visits and depression diagnoses declined dangerously.
“Kennedy’s antidepressant rhetoric is not only based on bad science, it fuels distrust in mental health treatments” in the midst of a crisis for adolescents, experts write.