Rhitu Chatterjee

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promoting new initiatives to wean people off of antidepressants like Zoloft and Prozac. Psychiatrists are urging caution before changing any medication.

Reading Time: 3 minutes, 25 seconds As the federal health department launches a plan to wean patients off antidepressants, mental health

At a MAHA Institute event on Monday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to help people wean off antidepressants. Kennedy is pictured here arriving at another Make America Healthy Again event in November 2025.

Rhitu Chatterjee | May 7, 2026 As the federal health department launches a plan to wean patients off antidepressants, mental health advocates

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As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown stretches into its second year, researchers and health care workers say that it is creating a mental health crisis in immigrant communities.

After shootings like the one at the San Diego mosque, people on site and in a community who are not physically hurt also suffer. Children are especially vulnerable.

About 140 children in preschool through 3rd grade were in their classrooms at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday when police say two teenage gunmen killed three people.

People hold hands near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday.