Medicating Normal

Good for profits. Bad for patients.

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Medicating Normal
4.8/ 5September 15, 20201h 16m

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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Cast

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Dave Cope

Self

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Brianna Cope

Self - Dave's Wife

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Shalamar Fairweather

Self

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Angie Peacock

Self

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Rebecka Green

Self

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Tabita Green

Self - Rebecka's Mom

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Todd Green

Self - Rebecka's Dad

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Ivan Jourdain

Self - Pharmacist, Ivan Pharmacy

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Mary Neal Vieten

Self - Psychologist; Commander, US Navy (RC)

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Allen J. Frances

Self - Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Duke Univ Med School

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Anna Lembke

Self - Psychiatrist; Professor, Stanford Univ Med School

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Robert Whitaker

Self - Journalist & Author

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