I first wrote about this in 2023 in a cover story for The Economist. I interviewed Simon Wessely, who became the co-chair of this review. The article cost me two friends and a therapist. Wes Streeting (who commissioned this report) agreed with me, but back then it was still taboo 1/6
A report into overdiagnosis and the increase in demand for mental health services has suggested that common childhood behaviours are being medicalised
