I’m a psychiatrist – this is the truth about what ‘experts’ are missing about ADHD in UK | UK | News
The growing demand for mental health, ADHD and autism services will finally be scrutinized by an independent evidence-based review. Both represent a triple whammy that led to Britain’s bankruptcy. The NHS is overwhelmed, the economy is reeling and even those who have managed to drag themselves into work insist on special precautions because of their doctor’s note.
As a result, we face a deepening productivity crisis and an ever-growing welfare bill. Not to mention a generation of young people who have largely excluded themselves from the job market and risk being ‘erased’ forever. It is high time we investigate what is causing the epidemic of mental illness in Britain to decide whether we are truly ill or suffering the effects of mass overdiagnosis as a result of changes in social and cultural norms.
There’s no doubt that living in modern Britain can be stressful and distressing. But there have always been difficulties. And we are not currently experiencing a world war or even a Covid-style pandemic.
Diagnosis provides a convenient way of saying ‘it’s not me, it’s my disorder’, explaining why things are not going well. Shifting responsibility for your destiny away from yourself, your impulses, your decisions, and your consulting professionals can be addictive and addictive. Once diagnosed, you may blame NHS waiting lists or the side effects of medication for your work phobia.
My diagnosis, which Streeting can have for free, is that the real mental deficiency ingrained in our culture is a pervasive failure to take responsibility for life and to do something about it personally when faced with struggle.
Yes, it takes endurance and perseverance and can be scary. However, once you learn the benefits of perseverance, resilience and coping develop within you. Dealing with challenges builds resilience.
Unfortunately many ‘experts’ refuse to accept something your grandmother understood – and probably didn’t even know what a psychiatrist was – that life presents inherent dangers and you can only benefit from learning to figure them out on your own.
A side effect of diagnosis, by contrast, is that it hands over power to ‘experts’.
Yes, some patients have a genuine medical problem that would benefit from clinical intervention. But since there is no blood test, it is very easy to give in to what others really want with a hasty ten-minute consultation; This is also an excuse.
But you didn’t need a psychiatrist to tell you that, did you?
