''America's Medicated Kids'' is a British documentary that was televised on 18 April 2010. The

Louis Theroux Louis Sebastian Theroux (; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. After graduating fro ...

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 Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

, and investigates the effects of putting children diagnosed with

mental health disorder A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...

s on prescription medication and the impact that medicating the child has on the family group.

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.

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* {{Louis Theroux Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials BBC television documentaries 2010 television specials Documentary films about drugs Documentary films about children Documentary films about health care Films set in the United States Television episodes set in Pittsburgh BBC travel television series