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Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids

Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids

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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.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

59 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

18 April 2010

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux

Himself

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