Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)

Name: Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-04-18

59m

Running Time

April 18, 2010
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Network & Production Companies

Plot.

Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the diagnoses, remain controversial. Louis travels to one of America's leading children's psychiatric treatment centres, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to get to know the diagnosed children and hoping to understand what drives parents to put their kids on drugs.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: BBC iPlayer

Streaming in:
🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Cast & Crew.

Louis Theroux

Himself / Writer

Anna Price

Editor

Danny Horan

Producer / Director

Danny Horan

Director

Nick Mirsky

Executive Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 18, 2010

Status
Released

Running Time
59m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

depression

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)

obsessive compulsive disorder

asperger's syndrome

bipolar

mental disorders

Wiki.

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.