2020 candidate claims antidepressants are overprescribed

Democratic presidential candidate and self-help author Marianne Williamson said Friday that she is worried antidepressants are overprescribed by doctors for what she calls “normal human despair.”

“The twenties can be very hard. They’re not a mental illness. Divorce can be very difficult, losing a loved one, someone that you know died, someone left in a relationship and you’re heartbroken — that’s very painful, but it’s not a mental illness,” Williamson said on BuzzFeed News’ AM to DM. “You had a professional failure, you lost your job, you went bankrupt. Those things are very difficult, but they’re not a mental illness.”