Selling sickness [videorecording] / [presented by] Film Finance Corporation Australia ; a Paradigm Pictures production ; director, Catherine Scott ; producer, Pat Fiske ; concept, research, and writing, Ray Moynihan, Catherine Scott.
"Produced in association with SBS Independent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, France 2, New South Wales Film and Television Office." Commentary: David Healy, Vince Parry, Jack Gorman, Murray Stein.
Summary:
Documentary examines the pharmaceutical industry's marketing of antidepressants with particular emphasis on the firm GlaxoSmithKline. It explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as they promote miracle cures - selling not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them. It also looks at the growing controversy around SSRI antidepressants (especially as they affect adolescents) and follows British psychiatrist David Healy and patients' accusations that aggressive drug marketing is blurring the boundaries between medical conditions and ordinary life.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)61111063
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (University of Iowa) (Iowa City)
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