Welcome to Wellness en masse. In the U.S., nearly one in nine children have been diagnosed with some form of ADHD, a number that is steadily risen over the past two decades.

Is this better recognition and access to care, or are we medicalizing normal human behavior?

Joining me is Dr. Sammy Tamimi, a child and adolescent psychiatrist,

known for challenging the mainstream media psychiatric models. Dr. Tamimi questions whether

labels like ADHD truly reflect underlying biology or whether culture, environment, and

expectations play a much larger role than we're willing to admit.

Now, this is a very thoughtful, nuanced conversation.

It's not about denying anyone's suffering, but about asking better questions.

So let's get into it.

With us today on Wellness on Mass, we have British consultant, child and adolescent psychiatrist,

and psychotherapists in the UK National Health Service, Dr. Sammy Tamimi. Thank you so much for joining us today.

Man, I have so many questions for you. Thank you so much for inviting me. Although just a little

correction, I've recently retired from the National Health Service.

Then formally of the National Health Service, but it's still a pretty big title that you once carried.

Yes, yes, and more than three decades worth of working in public services.

So can we dive right in? Because some of the things that you've critiqued, you know, if you were here in the United

States, you would be branded almost like a charlatan because you're pushing against kind

of what the mainstream media narrative is regarding the traditional psychiatric diagnoses, especially ADHD and autism.

Can you talk a little bit about that?

As the scientist in me is quite confused about why looking at the evidence and analyzing

the evidence turns you into somebody who is considered controversial, to me, the controversy is the other way around.

When we create concepts and we practice what I think is upside down science. In upside down science,

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