"Making a Kiling" fo me was a real eye opener. I no longer take the doctors opinion as gospel.

Awesome!

Fantastic ! I could not agree more with you, they are literally killing people with it too, as well as making a vast fortune with it, as they have bottomless pockets to market and market and then push it like government sanctioned drug pushers, and now they want to shove it down our throats, every single one of us like the trailer said; I find that that is the height of arogance, and one of the most violent exploitation there is, as it is a legalized chemical straight jacketed brain kill, almost the perfect trap. A well thought out profitable trap at that, bar non !

About time the public are starting to become aware of the dangers of doctors giving out drugs and how potentially dangerous they are to us.

Thank you for sharing this valuable information so people can make more conscious decisions!

This is so scary! I knew it already but hearing the professionals and other people involved in the industry discuss is incredibly disturbing.

I believe what it told in this movie. I have seen it go in spurts, changing with the drugs, that are popular at the time. Playing with the mind, chemically altering it's ability, is playing "Russian roulette" with the whole body's controls...it's computer system. Short circuit it or rewire the brain with mind altering meds and the results are totally unpredictable. I do NOT want to take that chance with MY brain/computer control!

i am a psychologist working in a hospital. the most disturbing element is that we KNOW that in many cases these drugs are not usefully at all, cause severe side effects and often get in the way of effective treatment with psycho education. For a small percentage of people drugs are a godsend in managing the maze of their minds and they would not be able to function otherwise, however this is a small percentage of people. Unfortunately drugs are often the FIRST line treatment instead of good old fashioned therapy for the majority. the consumer holds some responsibility here as we see people generally wanting a "quick" fix to life's problems and often a reluctance to address the underlying problems and issues. I constantly hear "I will be fine when the med's kick in" despite the obvious fact that they are depressed/anxious because of "life issues" rather than an unbalance in their brain. by the way seratonin (the feel good brain chemical) levels decrease in our brain when we 1) eat poor nutritional food 2) stay out of the sun 3) dont exercise 4) behave badly or live a powerless life. these are all things that YOU can address with the help of a good psychologist/therapist. The drug companies are similar to fast food companies in that they are all about profit under their rhetoric of caring for you. great to see that more education about the dangers of drugs are being produced. well done!

I wonder what you are supposed to do with a schizophrenic who has absolutely zero concept that they have a problem. Will not realise they can take natural alternatives. What can you do then? When they have been involuntaraly detained to stay safe?

to karen (psychologist), i hope you are reading this, if not, any psychologist or people out there who are able to help. i come from a small knit family and how unfortunate that 3 of my family members suffered from depression. the sickness was derived from insomia and later diverted into bipolar and depression. they have been on medication - they had to else things will repeat itself - medication was tried stopped before, it was OK but few months later, history will repeat itself. i realy hope that anyone out there who has such similar situation, anyone whose family member had depression before share with me how the sickness is being cured without taking these medication. it's scary as we do afterall know of its side effects. if there is one thing that we ever regret, it is not stopping them from visiting the psychiatric at the first place. but what can we say when you do not understand the pain of having insomia? it's heart breaking to see this happening to your own family and not able to do anything. how we wish this was just a bad dream.

my son is a unemployed shizo living on ssi. the respidal injuections are controlling the schizo. but i think the injections are killing him...this is all the help he can get. any suggestions....

I recently quite my job as a marketing manager for a company who fully supports pharmaceutical companies. I am on the other side of the fence and know drugs do not help people, only food matters.

this documentary says an awful lot more about american consumerism and the american corporate ethos than about mental health.

I sat down in amazement as I watched this documentary - sadness abound because my mother started with Valium in the 60's - my sister is now so screwed up from taking so many of these drugs - mental hospitals, jail, and every place wanted her medicated - she so many times refused only to be put in front of a board of psychiatrist to try and force her. I pray she stops these drugs, eats right, exercises and gets physically healthy so she can fight the fiend. I passed a copy to my friend this morning who is on one of the many cocktails for anxiety, he can't sleep has leg cramps, backaches etc...in hopes he stops taking them too.

For all who seeks answers and help Phone ( 02 ) 99649844 or Call Toll Free 1-800-869-2247 Citizens Commission on Human Rights International | Mental Health Watchdog http://www.cchrint.org/

Get the pharmaceutical lobbyists and other scum out of Washington and other government circles. Thats the first step we need to take to fix whats wrong with Western medicine.

In response to please help, thank you. I suffered from stress overload which caused insomnia which then turned to depression. I then developed physical problems such a s weight loss (7kgs in 2 weeks and I was already a low weight),dry mouth, flu to name but a few. I was already following a healthy life style and taking supplements but due to the enormous amount of stress, wasn't doing enough. Anyway, I ended up on lots of drugs, liquid food and eventually came right after 4 weeks. I didn't want drugs but couldn't function so took them knowing I would get off them which I did as soon as I could. Most people with depression are scared to loose the drugs and are frightened of going back to that dark place and it is hideous but I truly believe with the right food, some supplements, exercise & detoxing and support from family, it can be achieved.I couldn't eliminate all the stress but have done the best I can for now and am drug free and feeling so much better. I would recommend getting help with the insomnia first, no-one functions properly with out sleep as I found out. You can't just stop the drugs and hope you'll be ok, it takes so much more than that as websites such as these are telling us. Hope this helps you and your family as I know how painful it must be for you to watch your loved ones suffer.

I helped my daughter get off risperidone which almost killed her. Of help was a website called the Road back. www.trbhealth.com.

It is truly heartbreaking when a person has a physical problem that they just can't resolve. I have done a lot of study on the situation and would be happy to offer it. Please email me and I'll send it to you. I also believe the dvd "Marketing of Madness" is a real eye-opener. Food Matters has done an excellent job of sharing what they have learned. God Bless you all. Eva evajean880@msn.com

Im not a doctor but i always felt like the pills that MD's prescribe for mental illness or even pain doesnt do anything but make it worst im afraid to even go to the doctor now cause i dont want them to give me somthing thats gonna make me bounce off the wall and make me think crazy thoughts all because they think its the best meds for you

I particularly like the way you lay out your points. I’ll keep watching for more.

Ten years ago, when I was living in the States, I was shocked to see on TV almost as many 'heavy duty' drugs commercials as there were for McDonald's. I remember very well that Zoloft commercial with the sad round thingy (featured in the documentary, btw) that walks shoulders down until...it gets its chemical imbalance fixed. The horrible thing was I believed that commercial - well, it was shown on TV, so I assumed some clever people had thought about protecting the audience. I believe certain changes must be made in the regulation of TV commercials and advertising of drugs in general - because people are simply zombied by TV advertising. You Americans did such a fantastic job banning tobacco commercials and changing people's minds about smoking! I hope with this documentary things can change for the better about mental health, too.

This is an excellent documentary although it is made from a Church of Scientology support group. It does make me question the material...