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Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 59M

Director : Danny Horan

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux
Himself

Crews

Danny Horan
Danny Horan
Director
Danny Horan
Danny Horan
Producer
Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux
Writer
Nick Mirsky
Nick Mirsky
Executive Producer
Anna Price
Anna Price
Editor

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