Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The backlash to Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth has reignited a fierce debate over how ADHD is diagnosed.
Among children and young people, the proportion of ADHD diagnoses followed up by medication has roughly halved since the pandemic
Michael Simmons looks at whether normal changes in behaviour are increasingly being medicalised.
The backlash to Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth has reignited a fierce debate over how ADHD is diagnosed.
Among children and young people, the proportion of ADHD diagnoses followed up by medication has roughly halved since the pandemic
Michael Simmons looks at whether normal changes in behaviour are increasingly being medicalised.










