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.