The Drugging of Our Children (2005)
• January 1st, 2005 • 1h 44min
Documentary
Overview
Excessive talking, fidgeting, or squirming. Often loses things. Difficulty remaining seated, playing quietly, or sustaining attention. Sound like your child? The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) lists these as the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Once diagnosed, these behaviors would make your child a candidate for Ritalin, Prozac, or both. In this investigative documentary, acclaimed public health advocate and filmmaker Gary Null examines the increasingly common practice of prescribing psychotropic drugs for children, including preschoolers as young as age 2 to 4, who have been diagnosed with ADD, or ADHD. Psychiatrists may write these prescriptions without first exploring other causes or aggravating factors, like diet, or environment, and without making it clear to parents that these medications can have severe side-effects...
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Portrait du trouble déficitaire de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité
Released on: 2006-02-17
Documentary
Sick Girls
Released on: 2023-10-08
Documentary
In recent years, the number of diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has skyrocketed...
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Released on: 2010-04-18
Documentary, TV Movie
Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to ...
To Dye For: The Documentary
Released on: 2025-06-07
Documentary
After discovering their child's life-altering sensitivity to synthetic dyes, parents and first-time ...
The Disruptors
Released on: 2022-05-12
Documentary
ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed-and widely misunderstood-neurological conditions in the w...
Thumbsucker
Released on: 2005-09-16
Comedy, Drama
Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his d...
Blue & White
Released on: 2022-05-04
Drama
A man suffering with ADHD struggles to get through his daily routine.
Focus
Released on: 2014-12-02
Animation
A 1-minute cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder. Inspired by fou...
Static
Released on:
Horror
A young woman comes face to face with her sleep-paralysis demon, defeating it once and for all.
Trying
Released on: 2021-12-17
Comedy, Drama
Meg, a millennial painter with ADHD, navigates her life on the way to a job interview. What starts a...
Alleen Ik (Only me, me alone)
Released on: 2022-11-05
Drama
Longing for acceptance, a neurodivergent boy taunts the boundaries of his best friend: his brother.
Jochem Myjer: Adéhadé
Released on: 2003-12-20
Comedy
Destressing? Do that at home, will you! In 'Adéhadé', everything goes in overdrive, with many Dutch ...
Nebulosa
Released on:
Drama
Exhausted by the devastation that ADHD has caused to her finances, studies, and friendships, Ana dec...
The Star of Therapy
Released on: 2019-08-17
Comedy, Drama
When Kendra is admitted into group therapy, she becomes overly competitive about completing her week...
Non Grata
Released on: 2022-03-25
Drama
Julia and her son Dani with ADHD attend a birthday party to which they haven’t been invited. Parents...
Dope Fiend
Released on: 2023-10-27
Comedy, Science Fiction
Fran is waiting for her partner to join her for therapy. Consumed by her internal voice, the waiting...
plants with spikes or thorns
Released on: 2015-04-22
Drama
An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.