Psychiatry: An Industry of Death

Mar 31, 2006

1h 48m

★ 3.5

Overview

"Through rare historical and contemporary footage and interviews with more than 160 doctors, attorneys, educators, survivors and experts on the mental health industry and its abuses, this riveting documentary blazes the bright light of truth on the brutal pseudoscience and the multi-billion dollar fraud that is psychiatry" - The Citizens Commission on Human Rights

Genres

Horror

Documentary

Production Companies

Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)

Church of Scientology

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