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Coping with an addicted child

How do you cope when your child is struggling with drug and alcohol addiction? Dr Chetna Kang, psychiatrist and Hindu priestess, offers advice to a father from Zambia.

How do you cope when your child is struggling with addiction? Zach is a father from Zambia whose adult son has been using drugs and alcohol for over ten years. Zach wants to support and protect his son, but often feels helpless in the face of his son’s suffering, and guilty that he could have done more to prevent it happening. Dr. Chetna Kang, consultant psychiatrist and Hindu priestess, offers advice.

Presenter: Sana Safi
Producers: Zoe Gelber and Charlie Taylor

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27 minutes

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Sun 14 Jan 2024 12:32GMT
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