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Starring
  
Louis Theroux

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
60 minutes

Initial release
  
18 April 2010

Followed by
  
Law and Disorder in Lagos

Written by
  
Louis Theroux


Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Producer(s)
  
Louis Theroux

Distributor
  
BBC

Director
  
Danny Horan

Produced by
  
Louis Theroux

Cast
  
Louis Theroux

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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 obsessive compulsive disorders on prescription medication and the impact that medicating the child has on the family group.

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Ratings

America's Medicated Kids attracted an audience of 2.098 million viewers (8.1%) in the 9pm hour time slot.

Reception

The documentary was met with mostly positive responses.

References

America's Medicated Kids Wikipedia