Medicating Normal

United States | 2019 | 76 min • Documentary Feature
  • Ashes to Ashes

Showings

Harkins Sedona 6 - Theatre 6 Mon, Feb 24, 2020 10:20 AM
Harkins Sedona 6 - Theatre 6 Wed, Feb 26, 2020 4:20 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Documentary Feature
Release Year:2019
Run Time:76
Production Country:United States
Original Language:English
Trailer:https://youtu.be/UhcB-TR8bGg
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Lynn P Cunningham
Wendy Ractliffe
Producer(s):Muffie Meyer

Description

One in five Americans is taking a psychiatric medication, including antidepressants, ADHD drugs, anti-anxiety medications and mood stabilizers. While these drugs sometimes provide effective short term relief for emotional distress, pharmaceutical companies have hidden dangerous side effects and long term harm from both doctors and patients.


Combining cinema verité and investigative journalism, “Medicating Normal” follows the stories of five diverse Americans who were harmed by prescribed medications they took to feel better. The larger story of medicine infiltrated by marketing is told by our experts who are psychiatrists and medical researchers at major universities, a military psychologist, and one crusading investigative journalist.

Included Shorts

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