Pop Pills

POP PILLS is the result of an extended investigation on the use of “behavior medication“ by youths in the USA.

This book is a combination of M. Lignel’s photography with elements from popular culture and social media, which bring additional voices to the narrative and broaden its scope.

Over a 6 year period, M. Lignel followed 9 children with an array of pathologies (anxiety, OCD, depression, and, of course, ADHD) putting their diagnoses and prescriptions in perspective. Portraits and interviews constitute the heart of the book and allow readers to get a sense ofeach individual’s journey dealingwith his/her mental health challenges. Some of the children stop taking medication, some take more, some add marijuana to the mix, etc...

More about this book and a complete flipthrough to be found here.

Comes with a French transolation of the all texts on a separate booklet.

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Afterward by Laia Abril

Publication date: 2016

Print run: 750

Four color offset printing

Pages: 228

Images: 772