Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
BBC2, Sunday 18 April 9:00pm - 10:00pmTen-year-old Hugh is dour, self-absorbed and obnoxious. Yet it's hard not to feel sorry for a child whose personality has left him lonely and friendless. Possibly more saddening is Hugh's pharmaceutical regime. He's doped up on a staggering array of pills for everything from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to "oppositional defiance", Asperger's syndrome and bipolar disorder. But at the family home in Pittsburgh, where even the dog is on medication, Louis Theroux politely wonders of his parents whether Hugh isn't simply being Hugh. It's a jaw-dropping film - Theroux visits a clinic where he meets Jack, who is on antidepressants. Jack's problem is that he "doesn't like losing". He is six years old.
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Directed by: Danny HoranRadiotimes
