Is ADHD being over-diagnosed?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
An overwhelming demand for ADHD diagnoses has left the NHS struggling to keep up. What’s behind the rise?
Content warning: This episode contains mentions of suicidal thoughts and eating disorders.
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Guests:
- Kat Brown, journalist and author of It's Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult.
- Dr Ulrich Müller-Sedgwick, consultant psychiatrist.
Host: Darryl Morris.
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| 1:06.0 | Hello, it's Mannveing. In the last few years, there's been a huge rise in the number of people |
| 1:10.0 | seeking a diagnosis of ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity |
| 1:16.3 | disorder. The numbers have shot up and we wondered why. So we got talking to a colleague, Darrell Morris. |
| 1:25.0 | Darrell is a presenter on Times Radio and he has ADHD himself. |
| 1:30.0 | It's a diagnosis that he's lived with since he was a child, but he still has questions about it. |
| 1:36.0 | So today's episode is Darrell's journey to understand ADHD. |
| 1:42.0 | What causes it and why so many people are now wondering if they've got it. |
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