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 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
Crew
Alan Barker
Location Sound Recordist
Lynn Cunningham
Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Wendy Ractliffe
Director, Executive Producer, Producer
David Dawkins
Editor, Additional Camera
Dylan Greiss
Online Editor
Anne Yao
Assistant Editor
Nora Tennessen
Assistant Editor
Joan Churchill
Director of Photography
Jane Tolmachyov
Colorist
Muffie Meyer
Producer
Court Cunningham
Associate Producer
Lisa Segalas
Associate Producer
Carol Wilson Baldwin
Line Producer
Laura Nespola
Assistant Camera
Ted Hayash
Additional Camera
Molly Schwartz
Animation
Alisa Placas Frutman
Animation
Sean Donnelly
Animation
Deborah Wallach
Supervising Sound Editor
Ed Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ned Hallick
Lighting Design
Paul Docherty
Visual Effects Designer
Robert Pycior
Additional Music
Chris Ruggiero
Additional Music
Nathan Halpern
Music
Alison Ellwood
Consulting Producer
Tabita Green
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