HHS launched the MAHA Action Plan to curb psychiatric overprescribing on May 4. The Black-mental-health pattern is under-treatment, not over-treatment.
Five US peer-reviewed studies covering adult depression, pediatric ADHD, Medicare dementia, and Medicaid pediatric antipsychotic care document the consistent direction: Black patients receive psychiatric medications at lower rates than white peers, even when diagnosis is …
Black Health Editorial team
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