FREE: "Medicating Normal" Documentary (As Seen on PBS) Film Screening and Post-Screening Q and A

FILM SYNOPSIS: One in five Americans take psychiatric drugs daily, often for a lifetime. MEDICATING NORMAL follows five high-functioning people whose doctors prescribed pills to help with common problems- stress, insomnia, anxiety and grief- with devastating impact on their lives. The film relays critical information for patients and doctors about the potential risks of taking or prescribing psychiatric drugs.

FILM REVIEW:
"Medicating Normal dares to challenge prevailing myths about how psychotropic medications work, or fail to, in our ongoing struggle to treat mental illness. It promises to spark a long-overdue national conversation on the growing problem of overprescribing." -Anna Lembke, MD, Associate Professor, Stanford University Medical Center

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
6:00 pm - Doors open
6:30 pm - Welcome and Screening of the film, "Medicating Normal" (76-min run time)
7:50 pm - Post-screening discussion featuring the following panelists:
-Lynn Cunningham (filmmaker)
-Brooke Siem (author of "May Cause Side Effects")
-Ryan Burke, therapist
8:50 pm - Closing and Farewell

REFRESHMENTS: desserts, coffee, lemonade, and water

ADMISSION: Free, first come first served (200 seats in Cook Auditorium)

TO VIEW THE FILM'S TRAILER: medicatingnormal.com

QUESTIONS? Email [email protected]

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Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Film / Cinema

Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm