Medicating Normal
“Good for profits. Bad for patients.”
2020•NR•1h 16m•9.5•Released
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. "Medicating Normal" explores what happens when for- profit medicine intersects with human beings in distress.
Director
Lynn Cunningham
Languages
English
Cast
Dave Cope
Self
Brianna Cope
Self - Dave's Wife
Shalamar Fairweather
Self
Angie Peacock
Self
Rebecka Green
Self
Tabita Green
Self - Rebecka's Mom
Todd Green
Self - Rebecka's Dad
Ivan Jourdain
Self - Pharmacist, Ivan Pharmacy
Mary Neal Vieten
Self - Psychologist; Commander, US Navy (RC)
Allen J. Frances
Self - Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Duke Univ Med School
Anna Lembke
Self - Psychiatrist; Professor, Stanford Univ Med School
Robert Whitaker
Self - Journalist & Author
Kelly Brogan
Self - Psychiatrist
Peter Gøtzsche
Self - Professor, Univ of Copenhagen
David Cohen
Self - Professor of Social Welfare, UCLA
Production
Producer
Muffie Meyer
Producer
Wendy Ractliffe
Producer
Lynn Cunningham
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