Making a Killing: The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging
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The documentary explores the impact of psychotropic drugs, which drive a $330 billion psychiatric industry that has yet to deliver a single cure. The human toll is significant, with an estimated 42,000 deaths annually attributed to these medications, a number that continues to rise. Featuring over 175 interviews with lawyers, mental health professionals, family members of victims, and survivors, the film uncovers the pharmaceutical industry's role in shaping mental health treatment. It argues that before these drugs were introduced, individuals with similar conditions were not medicated. The documentary suggests that both the diseases and their corresponding treatments were largely constructed by the industry to create a market where none previously existed.
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12 unique people credited
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Mike Adams
as Self - Consumer Health Advocate
Walter Afield
as Self - Psychiatrist
Frank Bailey
as Self - Attorney
Mary Ann Block
as Self - Physician
John Bosley
as Self - Fmr. Research Psychologist Natl. Inst of Mental Health John Sommers-Flanagan
Derek Braslow
as Self - Trial Attorney Pogust Braslow, LLC
Howard Brody
as Self - Bioethicist, Univ. of Texas
Dan Burton
as Self - U.S. Congressman
Kay Carlson
as Self - Fmr. Drug Sales Rep
James Chappell
as Self - Clinician
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