MindfulMasses

Inspiration every day. Mindfulness, ADHD, views my own

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

It’s a good letter @psychgeist52 and a good piece in the Indie, but the documentary was confused and confusing - and all the vast majority of people will remember is that ADHD is a MYTH, not your letter to the BMJ. Damage done

[James Barnes MSc., MA @psychgeist52]

Proud to have co-authered this with @joannamoncrieff @JDaviesPhD & Lucy Johnstone.

Calling ADHD a ‘myth’ is misleading. But declaring it simply ‘real’, as though its scientific status were settled, is even more so.

Read why in our article for @bmj:

https://t.co/oGGVMyBRu4

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@suzyg001 Great blog! Make a documentary Sue

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@goingtogetugly I will ❤️

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

I just don’t understand why this debate is being played out in public screwing with the heads of vulnerable people. It feels like an internecine psychiatry argument that should be carried out away from the kloutists and the culture war-mongerers #thegreatadhdmyth

[Om Prakash, MD @ompsychiatrist]

Please read this link published in @bmj_latest

ADHD: social context should not be confused with social construction

Re: The Great ADHD Myth: What you need to know about Channel 4’s “most controversial show of the year” | The BMJ https://t.co/IV5QejDssl

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@goingtogetugly And good luck to you

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@goingtogetugly To be clear, I don’t understand why the debate over the diagnostic criteria are being played out in public. This doesn’t happen for other conditions/syndromes. The experts debate in their own arenas using peer review systems etc

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

I just don’t understand why this debate is being played out in public screwing with the heads of vulnerable people. It feels like an internecine psychiatry argument that should be carried out away from the kloutists and the culture war-mongerers #thegreatadhdmyth

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

This article highlights how diagnosing ADHD in young adults can create a sickness identity and reduced expectations at a crucial developmental stage.

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

I just don’t understand why this debate is being played out in public screwing with the heads of vulnerable people. It feels like an internecine psychiatry argument that should be carried out away from the kloutists and the culture war-mongerers #thegreatadhdmyth

[The Spectator @spectator]

Last week, the Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth, took a long overdue look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The programme has since faced a significant backlash online and a tidal wave of complaints to Ofcom. Perhaps this says more about ADHD than it does about Channel 4.

Because as the programme revealed, many scientists now see the condition as more of a 'social construct' or 'identity marker' than a real illness.

✍️ Alastair Mordey

Article | https://t.co/qlm7TSsS4n

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@spectator There’s no actual test for being a cunt Alastair, but we all know it’s there because we see the consequences

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@cwestonclark @rcpsych Let me explain: they disagree with the what the documentary is saying. 👍

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@ReadReadj @guardian @rcpsych Balanced? 😟Are you real? Or do you know nothing about journalism? It’s also a shame you are constructing ‘sides’. Life is more complex. What about the people stuck in the imperfect system you operate within? Do better

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@nathanfiler Maybe but this is very much dressed up as a documentary - the definition of which focuses on facts not opinions. If it was polemic they wouldn’t have bothered with the rather odd question mark in the title

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@JDaviesPhD The point, James, is that there are people who disagree with you and the people in the programme, who were not featured - almost as if they had been deliberately excluded. It makes it hard to take seriously as a piece of journalism or even research

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@nathanfiler The programme fundamentally needed to include someone who disagreed with the presenter and all his friends. It’s the cornerstone of a journalistic piece of work. Every journalist knows this.

So, if this is not journalism, given its obvious lack of objectivity, what is it?

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@nathanfiler @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Now all I’ve got to do is remember to tune in 😝 #ADHD

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@TVpsychologist Yes ‘ADHD’ is a complex phenomenon and private providers are part of this landscape and the programme tried to interrogate that point. Fine. But it also presented ADHD as made-up, presenting only the views of a group of people who all agree with each other. That’s not journalism

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@JessicaWrites4 I’m 55 …

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

@MetroUK The funny thing is Iona Heath WAS in charge, of the Royal College of GPs. So what DID she do when she was in charge? My guess is: nothing. 👍
#thegreatadhdmyth

[MindfulMasses @MindfulMasses]

The question is clear: why do right-wing people have a problem with #ADHD?

#thegreatadhdmyth