RFK Jr. and Psych Med Overprescribing: A Disruption to the Mental Health Industry | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz

About this episode

The episode discusses the federal plan to address psychiatric overprescribing and the importance of informed consent in mental health care.

Send us Fan Mail A federal plan says it wants to curb psychiatric overprescribing and elevate informed consent. That sounds like progress until you remember informed consent was always supposed to be the standard, and most people never received it. We unpack the HHS MAHA action plan and the “dear colleague” guidance that urges shared decision making, regular risk-benefit reviews, and more non-medication approaches like psychotherapy, nutrition, and movement. We also cut through the noise abo...

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Hosts: Dr. Teralyn Sell, Therapist Jenn Schmitz

Topics covered

• psychiatric overprescribing
• informed consent
• mental health industry
• shared decision making
• non-medication approaches

Keywords

• psychiatric overprescribing
• informed consent
• mental health
• psychotherapy
• nutrition
• movement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HHS, MAHA

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