The Prescription Drug Crisis – side effects, addiction, and withdrawal (Documentary, 2020)

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Antidepressants, ADHD stimulants, anti-anxiety medications, antipsychotics... One-in-five Americans, along with millions of children, are prescribed psychiatric drugs daily, and often for a lifetime. The award winning documentary film "Medicating Normal" follows the stories of high-functioning people whose doctors prescribed pills to help with common problems such as stress, mild depression, insomnia and grief with devastating impact on their lives. It is the untold story of what happens when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Intro ▷ 00:15 – Medicating Normal ▷ 05:20 – David: depression and benzodiazepine ▷ 08:12 – Brianna: ADHD and vyvanse ▷ 09:19 – Rebecka: anxiety and zoloft, prozac ▷ 12:59 – Shalamar: insomnia and lorazepam ▷ 14:42 – Angie: stress disorder and klonopin ▷ 18:23 – PTSD Workshop ▷ 20:14 – "Normal" is endangered ▷ 22:40 – The chemical imbalance theory ▷ 24:46 – Profit-driven medicine ▷ 25:28 – Harmful side effects ▷ 29:47 – UCLA Talk on Informed Consent ▷ 34:29 – Withdrawal ▷ 38:43 – Addiction to psychiatric drugs ▷ 42:52 – Warfighter Advance Veteran Retreat ▷ 49:32 – Pharmaceutical lobbying and marketing ▷ 55:14 – Apathy and abuse ▷ 1:01:21 – Confronting the doctor with a hidden camera ▷ 1:04:22 – Lawsuits ▷ 1:12:50 – Conclusions ▷ 1:13:52 – Credits #psychiatry #prescription #xanax #prozac #anxiety #depression #sideeffects #documentary #fulldocumentaries #wocomoDOCS ------- Subscribe to wocomoDOCS: https://goo.gl/sBmGkp Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- These medications often provide effective short-term relief for emotional distress and other problems, but pharmaceutical companies have hidden common side effects and long-term harm from both patients and doctors. Furthermore, these drugs can cause insidious physical dependence as well as debilitating acute withdrawal and prolonged neurological damage. A psychiatrist explains that, for many, "it can take years to taper off of these pharmaceuticals, if at all." The documentary features the following experts: Peter Gøtzsche MD, Anna Lembke, MD, David Cohen PhD, Robert Whitaker, Allen Frances MD, Mary Vieten PhD, Ellen Vora MD, Kristian Rasmussen, Ivan Jourdain. Original title: Medicating Normal Directed by Lynn Cunningham and Wendy Ractliffe © 2020, Licensed by Sideways Film ------- Documentaries about politics, society and science produced by leading studios around the world. Our goal is to be a reliable source of high-quality information and investigative journalism for a better understanding of relationships, backgrounds and future developments. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHUMANITY ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoCOOK Wocomo DOCS is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.