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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, July 17, 2015 | 4 continued from p.1 "That was the motivation behind creating Letters from Generation Rx." Miller said the film features the stories of people chosen from those letters combined with the latest mental health research, science and medical health perspectives. "They are very powerful stories that are representative of what can go wrong when we don't share the wide body of science and other information that we now know to be true about the dangers of many of these psychiatric medications," said Miller. "These stories that came forth from these individuals are just so powerful that I am hopeful people will see themselves through the eyes of their neighbours and learn from their hardships." The film features dozens of interviews with people from Canada and the U.S., however, several of these stories come from Oakville residents. In their interview, Neil and Rhonda Carlin talk about their daughter, Sara, who killed herself at the age of 18 in 2007. Sara's parents blame the anti-depressant Paxil she was taking for her death. A 2010 coroner's inquest into Sara's death saw a jury recommend doctors take greater precautions when they place patients on Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) like Paxil. One recommendation called for physicians Film features stories from several Oakville families to monitor patients with weekly visits for the first month after initial introduction to an SSRI, then with bi-weekly visits for the second month and with one visit in the third month. see the familiar face of Oakville MP Terence Young who speaks about drug safety and his daughter, Vanessa, who died of a heart arrhythmia at the age of 15, after suffering from The jury said this would effectively monitor the period where a serious adverse reaction to a drug like Paxil is most likely to happen. The film also features an interview with David Carmichael who strangled his 11-yearold son Ian in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2004. Carmichael was found not criminally responsible for his son's death. He said he was delusional at the time and blames his delusional state on the anti-depressant Paxil, which he was taking. Those watching the documentary will also an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. "This is an absolutely first-rate documentary. It is extremely well-made... It will be shocking to many people when they realize the risks in taking anti-depressant or anti-psychotic drugs," said Young, who has seen the film. "Anything that helps get out the word to patients and their families of the true risks related to prescription drugs is very meaningful for me to be involved with. I am very pleased to have had the opportunity to raise awareness with patients and doctors." Young, a staunch advocate for drug safety, Pre-K to Grade 12 Grammar said he was contacted by Miller and asked if he wanted to be part of Letters from Generation Rx three years ago. The filming of his segment of the movie took place two years ago. "This film will help establish the need for patients to be empowered with the true information on potential adverse effects from the drugs that they take," said Young. "There are doctors who write prescriptions for anti-depressants very frequently and the patients never receive warnings that they will become dependent on the anti-depressant and one day, if they ever try to get off it, they will go through several months of quite awful adverse effects. Very few doctors tell patients that anti-depressants and anti-psychotics can make people suicidal." Letters from Generation Rx has been submitted to the Toronto Film Festival for entry. 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