Medicating Normal (2020)
Good for profits. Bad for patients.
2020 · NR · 1h 16m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
One in five Americans is taking a psychiatric drug, including millions of children. Pharmaceutical companies have over-hyped the benefits of these drugs, while hiding the risks and severe side effects including physiological dependence.
Director: Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe
Music by: Nathan Halpern
Cinematography: Joan Churchill
Editor: David Dawkins
Cast
Dave Cope as SelfBrianna Cope as Self - Dave's WifeShalamar Fairweather as SelfAngie Peacock as SelfRebecka Green as SelfTabita Green as Self - Rebecka's MomTodd Green as Self - Rebecka's DadIvan Jourdain as Self - Pharmacist, Ivan PharmacyMary Neal Vieten as Self - Psychologist; Commander, US Navy (RC)Allen J. Frances as Self - Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Duke Univ Med SchoolAnna Lembke as Self - Psychiatrist; Professor, Stanford Univ Med SchoolRobert Whitaker as Self - Journalist & AuthorMore like this
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