America's Medicated Kids

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.[1][2][3]

America's Medicated Kids
Written byLouis Theroux
StarringLouis Theroux
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerLouis Theroux
Running time60 minutes
DistributorBBC
Release
Original release18 April 2010 (2010-04-18)
Chronology
Preceded byThe City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Followed byLaw and Disorder in Lagos

Ratings

America's Medicated Kids attracted an audience of 2.098 million viewers (8.1%) in the 9pm hour time slot.[4]

Reception

The documentary was met with mostly positive responses.[5][6][7]

References
  1. Ferguson, Euan (18 April 2010). "Louis Theroux on America's Medicated Kids". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  2. Bland, Archie (19 April 2010). "The Weekend's Television: The Prisoner, Sat, ITV1 Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids, Sun, BBC2". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. Hill Cone, Deborah (1 August 2010). "TV Preview: Louis Theroux - America's Medicated Kids". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. Deans, Jason (19 April 2010). "Survival returns with 2.4m viewers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  5. "On the box: Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids; Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon; Blitz Street". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. Harrison, Bernice (4 April 2010). "Bitter pills to swallow". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  7. Anthony, Andrew (25 April 2010). "A Passionate Woman; Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids; The Ricky Gervais Show". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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