Channel: Naked Stories

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: Dr. Chris is on a mission to understand why we’re giving over three times more medicine to our kids today than we did forty years ago. As a new Dad, Chris has a very personal motivation to explore the reasons behind this explosion in medication. In the series he sets about finding alternatives to drugs which might be just as, or even more, effective. He tackles the shocking rise in teens taking anti-depressants by testing if Wilderness Therapy can work where the drugs are failing. He investigates why parents are giving out so many over the counter meds when they may not be always necessary. And he helps hyperactive kids replace their drugs with mindful meditation. He also digs deeper into the forces driving the over medication of UK children and asks whether the drug industry itself could be playing a part in the rise. In 2016 we spent a staggering £64 million on one brand of children’s liquid paracetamol. Chris meets a self-confessed fan who reveals she’s bought over 25 bottles in less than 2 years! As a new dad Chris doesn’t blame vulnerable parents. His research reveals a pharmaceutical industry that helps create a culture which, he believes, encourages parents to unnecessarily use liquid paracetamol. At a family fair in Bristol Chris creates a surprising stunt to show Britain’s parents when not to give liquid paracetamol and make sure they don’t waste their hard-earned money giving children drugs they don’t need. One of the other areas where medication rates have increased the most is treating kid’s behavioural problems; prescription meds for ADHD have increased by 800% since 2000. These drugs do help some symptoms of ADHD in the short-term but side effects include loss of hunger, changes in personality and stunted growth. Chris joins a group of hyperactive children as they attempt the impossible – an intense course of stillness and mindful meditation as an alternative to the meds. As the families go on transformative and emotional journeys they discover, with poignant results, that ADHD remedies do not always have to come in a pill. Medical and Health Stories from around the globe: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3zXc9CZLeRu8ZZD0J76v0bZP7a3F6iUa Facebook: facebook.com/NKDStories For any enquiries, please contact us at info@passiondistribution.com