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About
Antidepressants are prescribed to more than one million Swedes every year. This means that more than ten percent of the adult Swedish population are on so called ”Happy Pills”. But what are happy pills, really? Do they make you happy? When can they help? When should you quit? Why are these medicines so common in some countries, but not in others? How did we become the Happy Pill-People? This is what Nour El Refai, famous comedian and actress with own experience of depression and antidepressants, are trying to find out.
Credits
Host: Nour El-Refai
Producer: Ann-Linn Guillou
Released: 2019
Awards
Nominated Best Factual Entertainment at the Swedish Kristallen TV Awards 2020
Production
Duration: 4 x 28 min
Broadcaster: SVT