Medicating Normal

ILLUMINATE Presents
Medicating Normal
Virtual Film Screening & Live Panel Conversation
Wed, Nov 3, 2021 | 5:30pm PT

Documentary | 2019 | 76 min | Directed by Lynn Cunningham and Wendy Ractliffe

FILM: MEDICATING NORMAL (film no longer available)

MEDICATING NORMAL is the untold story of the shocking consequences that can occur when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress.

The film follows the journeys of a newly married couple, a female combat veteran, a waitress and a teenager who suffer from the psychiatric drugs their doctors prescribed for stress, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, focus and trauma.  While these drugs can provide effective short-term relief, pharmaceutical companies have hidden -- from both doctors and patients -- their dangerous side effects and long-term harm.  The film offers a thought provoking look at the mental health industry, unveiling a corrupted evidence base and a mental health paradigm in which consumers are often overdiagnosed and overmedicated.  Interviews with prominent psychiatrists and scientific experts, paired with real-life accounts, lead us to question whether these powerful meds are really helping or there is a better way.

Followed by LIVE PANEL CONVERSATION WITH FILMMAKER & EXPERTS

Join us for a live conversation about the realities of America’s profit-based mental health system and how we might holistically heal and empower people living with mental health symptoms. Moderated by ILLUMINATE Senior Programmer, Maia Monasterios.

Recorded discussion available on-demand for FREE.

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