Executive Order 14401: Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose and Policy
• Sec. 2. FDA Review Prioritization and Right to Try
• Sec. 3. Department of Health and Human Services Funding for Federal-State Collaboration
• Sec. 5. Timely Rescheduling
• Sec. 6. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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Policymakers and the medical field have long struggled to address the burden of suicide and serious mental illness rates in America. Today, over 14 million American adults have a serious mental illness, defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that substantially interferes with a person's life and ability to function, and about 8 million are on prescription medication for these conditions. Suicide rates tragically increased by 37 percent from 2000 to 2018. During my first term, we made historic progress in helping those struggling with some of the most insidious mental illnesses, and suicide rates decreased by 5 percent from 2018 to 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Biden Administration's prolonged shutdown stunted this progress and suicide rates rebounded upwards again to their peak rate in 2022. […]