Medicating Normal (2020)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.048 |
Directed By
Lynn Cunningham
Wendy Ractliffe
Crew
Joan Churchill
Lynn Cunningham
Wendy Ractliffe
Muffie Meyer
Ed Campbell
Alan Barker
David Dawkins
Lisa Segalas
Dylan Greiss
David Dawkins
Ned Hallick
Alisa Placas Frutman
Molly Schwartz
Laura Nespola
Chris Ruggiero
Anne Yao
Wendy Ractliffe
Alison Ellwood
Nora Tennessen
Sean Donnelly
Robert Pycior
Lynn Cunningham
Wendy Ractliffe
Ted Hayash
Court Cunningham
Nathan Halpern
Paul Docherty
Deborah Wallach
Jane Tolmachyov
Tabita Green
Carol Wilson Baldwin
Lynn Cunningham
TOP 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
Kristian Rasmussen
Self - Attorney
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