2023 Richmond International Film Festival

VIRTUAL SCREENING | MEDICATING NORMAL

Expired September 14, 2020 3:59 AM
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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.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    01:16:00
  • Director
    Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe
  • Producer
    Muffie Meyer, Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe
  • Cinematographer
    Joan Churchill