Medicating Normal
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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. "Medicating Normal" explores what happens when for- profit medicine intersects with human beings in distress.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2020-09-15
Runtime: 76 mins
Director: Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Medicating Normal
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Dave Cope
Brianna Cope
Shalamar Fairweather
Angie Peacock
Rebecka Green
Tabita Green
Todd Green
Ivan Jourdain
Mary Neal Vieten
Allen J. Frances
Anna Lembke
Robert Whitaker
Kelly Brogan
Peter Gøtzsche
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