Meg Jay

And they say the risks of depression going untreated is much higher than the risk for the parent and the child of taking the SSRI.

And then there is a fair amount of research that's been done on SSRIs.

There are some studies showing that babies might initially be fussier when they're first born, and that will go away with time just as they adjust to not receiving the medication.

And there really aren't any clear, serious risks that have been associated with SSRI use during pregnancy.

We talked in the first half of the show about how around one in five young Americans are taking SSRIs.

And the Maha mindset, as you know, is to question the medical establishment and to be very skeptical of things that have gone mainstream.

We need to think before we put our kids on these drugs.

And we need to listen to RFK Jr.

in the fight to bring our kids home.

back to healthy children.

RFK Jr.

just wants to get the issues out there.

He just wants to study them.

He wants to be able to look at these things from both sides.

Like why is that so difficult for people?

And so I guess there's a question here, which is, as SSRIs go mainstream, are too many people taking them?

Are they being overprescribed?

What has your reporting told you about that question?

So when it comes to antidepressants being overprescribed, especially for children and young people, which is, I think, what the Maha movement has frequently focused on,

It's a good topic to dive into.