Integrative Mental Health for You presents Medicating Normal

Periscope Moving Pictures

Please join us for a virtual community screening of Medicating Normal with an interactive discussion afterwards.

Integrative Mental Health for You (IMHU.org) is an online platform offering 33+ presentations on effective alternatives to psychiatric medications to optimize wellbeing. All proceeds from this event, after expenses, will be split between IMHU.org and the outreach efforts of Periscope Foundation to bring Medicating Normal and these important conversations to more communities worldwide.Synopsis: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. Our subjects struggle with serious physical and mental side effects as well as neurological damage which resulted from taking the drugs as prescribed and also from attempting to withdraw. Schedule for August 12th:6:30 pm ET: Zoom Livestream virtual screening of Medicating Normal. 76-minute running time.7:45 pm ET: Zoom post-screening community discussion panel (approx 1 hour).Panelists:Dr. Pamela Shervanick is an alternative psychiatrist who helps individuals safely get off of troubling medications and build health and wellness from the inside out. She practices in Portland, Maine and is also available via telepsychiatry. You can contact her through syntropyglobal.com and pamshervanick.com.Emma Bragdon, Ph.D. is the Founder/Executive Director of Integrative Mental Health for You, IMHU.orgLynn Cunningham, filmmaker Angie Peacock, MSW, Veteran, subject in the film Host: Nicole Lamberson, physician assistant, outreach team for Medicating NormalTo access the film and discussion on August 12th, you must locate your "ticket," via the email confirmation 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 the event from Eventbrite. Audiences have had a lot of trouble finding the zoom the day of the event so PLEASE locate the zoom link and have it ready for show time. We are unable to monitor email during the event as we are all required to be present. Refunds are only available 1 day prior to event. By RSVP'ing for this event, you will be added to Medicating Normal's mailing list. You can opt out at any time after the event has concluded.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.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.

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