2010 British TV series or programme
| America's Medicated Kids | |
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| Written by | Louis Theroux |
| Starring | Louis Theroux |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Louis Theroux |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 18 April 2010 (2010-04-18) |
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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 mental health disorders 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.
References
- Ferguson, Euan (18 April 2010). "Louis Theroux on America's Medicated Kids". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- Bland, Archie (19 April 2010). "The Weekend's Television: The Prisoner, Sat, ITV1 Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids, Sun, BBC2". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- Hill Cone, Deborah (1 August 2010). "TV Preview: Louis Theroux - America's Medicated Kids". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- Deans, Jason (19 April 2010). "Survival returns with 2.4m viewers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- "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.
- Harrison, Bernice (4 April 2010). "Bitter pills to swallow". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- 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.