Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.531 |
Directed By
Danny Horan
Crew
Danny Horan
Danny Horan
Louis Theroux
Nick Mirsky
Anna Price
TOP CAST
Louis Theroux
Himself
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