Medicating Normal (2020)
"Good for profits. Bad for patients."
Title: Medicating Normal
Original Title: Medicating Normal
Release Date: 2020-09-15
Status: Released
Rating: 9.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
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.
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
