The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Aug 27, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
In this update to last week’s episode, Dr Alex reflects on the response to Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? and on an important new development. He also discusses what that means for the documentary…
Alex CurmiHost
So that episode was actually one of the fastest growing episodes we've ever had, and I think it's not to do with me, but rather to do with how important this issue is to a lot of people, and people really who are all on all sides to the debate.
The podcast got tons of comments on YouTube, so if you're interested in engaging in that discussion, there's a big discussion happening in the comment section of that podcast, and you'll see, again, lots of different opinions.
I want to say thanks to everyone responding thoughtfully, again, on different sides of the debate.
You can also see so much strong emotion and frankly, so much vitriol and quite a lot of disdain.
And especially I felt a lot of disdain towards people who have, uh, ADHD seeking treatment and a lot of disdain towards mental health professionals who work with ADHD.
So that episode was actually one of the fastest growing episodes we've ever had, and I think it's not to do with me, but rather to do with how important this issue is to a lot of people, and people really who are all on all sides to the debate.
The podcast got tons of comments on YouTube, so if you're interested in engaging in that discussion, there's a big discussion happening in the comment section of that podcast, and you'll see, again, lots of different opinions.
I want to say thanks to everyone responding thoughtfully, again, on different sides of the debate.
You can also see so much strong emotion and frankly, so much vitriol and quite a lot of disdain.
And especially I felt a lot of disdain towards people who have, uh, ADHD seeking treatment and a lot of disdain towards mental health professionals who work with ADHD.
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