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Medicating Normal

Film202076 min9.5/10 on TMDB

Directed by Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe

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Good for profits. Bad for patients.

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.Read moreLess

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.

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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.

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Brianna Cope
Brianna Cope
Self - Dave's Wife
Tabita Green
Tabita Green
Self - Rebecka's Mom
Todd Green
Todd Green
Self - Rebecka's Dad
Ivan Jourdain
Ivan Jourdain
Self - Pharmacist, Ivan Pharmacy
Mary Neal Vieten
Mary Neal Vieten
Self - Psychologist; Commander, US Navy (RC)
Allen J. Frances
Allen J. Frances
Self - Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Duke Univ Med School
Anna Lembke
Anna Lembke
Self - Psychiatrist; Professor, Stanford Univ Med School
Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker
Self - Journalist & Author
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Director of Photography
Joan Churchill
Producer
Muffie Meyer