Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)

04/18/2010 (GB) • 59m

Documentary, TV Movie

Overview

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

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

depression

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)

obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)

asperger's syndrome

mental disorders

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