Story :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.
Cast
Dave CopeSelf
Brianna CopeSelf - Dave's Wife
Shalamar FairweatherSelf
Angie PeacockSelf
Rebecka GreenSelf
Tabita GreenSelf - Rebecka's Mom
Todd GreenSelf - Rebecka's Dad
Ivan JourdainSelf - Pharmacist, Ivan Pharmacy
Mary Neal VietenSelf - Psychologist; Commander, US Navy (RC)
Allen J. FrancesSelf - Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Duke Univ Med School
Anna LembkeSelf - Psychiatrist; Professor, Stanford Univ Med School
Robert WhitakerSelf - Journalist & Author
Kelly BroganSelf - Psychiatrist
Peter GøtzscheSelf - Professor, Univ of Copenhagen
David CohenSelf - Professor of Social Welfare, UCLA