Medicating Normal Film Screening + Discussion

How do you know when the drug meant to help you is actually making things worse? While many report being helped by psychiatric medications, there is an untold story of harms done: physical dependence, withdrawal, escalating diagnoses, overmedication of trauma, and serious adverse effects. Join us as we honor the stories of veterans and others who found their own paths to healing.

Our panelists include veteran Michael Purvis, Yarrow’s own academic partner and researcher Shannon Hughes, and one of the Medicating Normal film stars Angela Peacock.

Link to reserve a free ticket: bit.ly/MedicatingNormalFilm

Full description:

One in five Americans, along with millions of children, are prescribed these drugs daily, and often for a lifetime. MEDICATING NORMAL follows the experiences of a married couple, a female combat veteran, a waitress, a teenager. All were harmed by medication taken for symptoms associated with life’s stressors -- insomnia, lack of focus, sadness and…