Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s initiative to help Americans stop taking antidepressants omits the clinical infrastructure that safe deprescribing requires, including gradual tapering protocols, psychological support, and accessible therapy alternatives, according to STAT News. Said Stanford addiction researcher Keith Humphreys: antidepressants and heroin exist in "different universes" when it comes to addiction risk, directly rebutting Kennedy's public claim — while a 2025 JAMA Psychiatry study found recent gains in psychotherapy access were concentrated almost entirely among younger, wealthier, college-educated, urban adults with private insurance, leaving older, rural, and uninsured patients without the alternatives a deprescribing push would require.