Kids on Pills
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English version; German-language interviews with English subtitles.
Mental disorders are being diagnosed in children and adolescents more and more often – and more and more often they are treated with psychotropic drugs. In the USA, millions of children are considered “bipolar” or ADHD cases, and many of them take several drugs every day, drugs originally developed for adults, before they even start school.
The film follows families in the USA, Canada and Germany. Ten-year-old Jaylene has been taking pills four times a day for years, Anna and Will are considered bipolar like their father, and Marc-André is learning in occupational therapy to stay with one thing. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, which shaped the early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children, explain their treatment. Critical psychiatrists, pharmacologists and brain researchers argue against it.
How do these drugs affect a brain that is still developing? Who profits from the diagnoses? And what would the children have needed if someone had listened to them longer?
Directed by: Lilian Franck, Stefanie Schmidt · Production: OVALmedia · German title: Glück aus der Dose · French title: Les enfants et les psychotropes
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