Monday, November 9, 2020 at 6 PM EST
Online Event
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medicating-normal-an-addiction-discussion-tickets-125320495977
Tickets · $10
www.eventbrite.com/e/medicating-normal-an-addiction-discussion-tickets-125320495977
Medicating Normal follows the journeys of a newly married couple, a female combat veteran, a waitress and a teenager whose doctors prescribed psychiatric drugs for stress, depression, sleeplessness, focus and trauma. The subjects struggle with serious physical and mental side effects which resulted from taking the drugs as prescribed and also from attempting to withdraw.
Experts discuss the evidence base for our current mental health care system, the validity of diagnosis and the DSM-5, and pharmaceutical company’s influence on evidence-based medicine.
Schedule for November 9, 2020:
6 pm ET: Welcome by Dylan Lundgren followed by livestream virtual screening of Medicating Normal via Zoom (76-minute run time).
7:15 pm ET – 8:30 pm ET: Live Community Discussion/Q&A immediately following the film featuring the following panelists:
Dr. Julia Britz, ND specializing in treating mental health conditions like anxiety and addiction. She is the founder of My OCD Diary.
Dr. Sonal Patel, Naturopathic Doctor specializing in addiction treatment. He has over a decade of experience providing quality healthcare; through principles of sound medicine and the healing power of nature.
Dylan Lundgren, TEDx Speaker and Addiction Recovery Advocate. His mission is to help individuals and organizations increase engagement in the recovery process and improve long-term outcomes.
Christina Veselak MFT, CN is a licensed psychotherapist and certified nutritionist with over 30 years of experience in the fields of mental health and addiction recovery. She is the owner and director of the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition.
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 M.D., psychiatrist, faculty Stanford University Medical School.
Disclaimer: By purchasing a ticket, you agree NOT TO share, photograph, record, upload, download or otherwise distribute the film as doing so would put the film’s global distribution in jeopardy. All content in the film is the copyrighted property of Periscope Foundation.
To access the Zoom Livestream and the discussion afterward, you must locate your “ticket,” via the email you receive from Eventbrite after RSVP’ing, OR by clicking on the “online event page” in Eventbrite. You will be sent a reminder email with the information again, a day before and an hour before the event from Eventbrite.
Proceeds and donations from this screening will go to Periscope Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that funds the outreach efforts to bring the film and conversations like this one to communities worldwide. Donations are tax-deductible.
To donate:
Periscope Foundation: https://medicatingnormal.com/donate/
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