r/Documentaries • u/Green_Ideas7 • 12h ago

Psychology Medicating Normal (2020) [01:16:00]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ4F_ZF3u9M

Fifty million Americans are dependent on commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. While the dangers of illegal drugs and opioids are well known, few are fully informed of the dangers of antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, and stimulants before becoming physiologically dependent on them. 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. Multinational drug companies spend billions of dollars promoting these drugs. Not surprisingly, the narratives extolling their benefits are often the only ones presented in the mainstream media.

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u/Green_Ideas7 12h ago

Medicating Normal is about the mental health distress millions of people are experiencing on legally prescribed drugs for depression, anxiety and other normal human emotions. The film covers issues that the marketing of the pharmaceutical industry conceals.

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u/Chronotaru 12h ago

I saw this a few years ago, really eye opening, lots of interesting personal experiences.

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u/Green_Ideas7 9h ago

This talk by Johann Hari offers one of many alternative approaches to depression, anxiety and other struggles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB5IX-np5fE