America's Medicated Kids

America's Medicated Kids
Written byLouis Theroux
StarringLouis Theroux
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerLouis Theroux
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Release18 April 2010 (2010-04-18)
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America's Medicated Kids is a British documentary that was televised on 18 April 2010. The Louis Theroux documentary ran for 60 minutes. The documentary follows Theroux as he travels to one of America's leading children's psychiatric treatment centres, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and investigates the effects of putting children diagnosed with mental health disorders on prescription medication and the impact that medicating the child has on the family group.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Ferguson, Euan (18 April 2010). "Louis Theroux on America's Medicated Kids". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  2. ^ Bland, Archie (19 April 2010). "The Weekend's Television: The Prisoner, Sat, ITV1 Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids, Sun, BBC2". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. ^ Hill Cone, Deborah (1 August 2010). "TV Preview: Louis Theroux - America's Medicated Kids". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2010.