Selling Sickness (2004)
Length: 52 minutes
Synopsis
This report looks at the increased use of antidepressant drugs. It examines the marketing and promotion of medicines to treat normally occurring conditions. Specialists are interviewed and patients talk about the undesirable side effects of stopping taking the new drugs. The drugs have also been attributed as a factor in the suicide of some children.
Curator’s notes
This documentary has a current affairs feel – fast-paced, quick interviews with experts and close-ups of drug bottles. The producer is Pat Fiske whose credits include For All the World to See, Australia Daze, Rocking the Foundations, Beats Across Borders and Leaping Off the Edge. Fiske and director Catherine Scott also teamed up for Business Behind Bars.
| Production company | Paradigm Pictures |
|---|---|
| Producer | Pat Fiske |
| Commissioning editor (CBC) | Michael Allder |
| Commissioning editor (France 2) | Yves Keakkeau |
| Commissioning editor (SBSi) | Ned Lander |
| Executive producer | Chris Hilton |
| Director | Catherine Scott |
| Concept, research and writing | Ray Moynihan |
| Catherine Scott | |
| Composer | Felicity Fox |
| Cast | Robyn Johnston |
Acknowledgements
Produced in association with SBS Independent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), France 2 and Hilton Cordell Productions.
Produced with the assitance of the Film Finance Corporation and the New South Wales Film and Television Office.
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