Medicating Normal

Good for profits. Bad for patients.

  • Rated 9.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2020
  • 1h 16m
  • 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.

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Director
Lynn Cunningham
Starring
Dave Cope, Brianna Cope, Shalamar Fairweather, Angie Peacock

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

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