Medicating Normal
Medicating Normal

Medicating Normal

9.5
September 15, 2020
1h 16m
Documentary

"Good for profits. Bad for patients."

Overview

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

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