05 Dec 2017
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Medicating Normal
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.
Top Billed 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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