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Channel 4, The Great ADHD Myth.

Roy

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/new-channel-4-documentary-great-adhd-myth-seeks-determine-whether-adhd-genuine

A press release from channel 4, there seems to be very differing views by the medical profession. I have a son with ADHD, he doesn’t have this because schools cancelled corporal punishment or exposure to phones, he was different before school age and has an autistic parent.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Sorry I didn’t explain properly, this is part of the article.

    “It is certainly not a medical condition as far as I’m concerned” – Dr Iona Heath, Former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners

    “We’ve replaced corporal punishment with giving [children] a pill” – Dr Sami Timimi, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist

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  • in reply to Roy

    I've had doctors as friends and family, and they're no different from the general population in terms of their own fears and prejudices. My ex-sister-in-law was a GP who couldn't cope at all with mental health problems/neurodiversity. Many find it simpler to find reasons to deny the problem exists as then, it's not down to them to deal with it.