Medicating Normal
2020One 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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Dave Cope
as Self
Brianna Cope
as Self - Dave's Wife
Shalamar Fairweather
as Self
Angie Peacock
as Self
Rebecka Green
as Self
Tabita Green
as Self - Rebecka's Mom
Todd Green
as Self - Rebecka's Dad
Ivan Jourdain
as Self - Pharmacist, Ivan Pharmacy
Mary Neal Vieten
as Self - Psychologist; Commander, US Navy (RC)
Allen J. Frances
as Self - Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Duke Univ Med School
Anna Lembke
as Self - Psychiatrist; Professor, Stanford Univ Med School
Robert Whitaker
as Self - Journalist & Author
Kelly Brogan
as Self - Psychiatrist
Peter Gøtzsche
as Self - Professor, Univ of Copenhagen
David Cohen
as Self - Professor of Social Welfare, UCLA
Kristian Rasmussen
as Self - Attorney