What the film asks is whether ADHD is really the best explanation for that struggle.”
Tim Hancock, commissioning editor for Channel 4, praised the team's approach: “Max Pemberton, along with Bafta-winning director Xavier Alford, have taken a science-led approach to look at one of the biggest health stories of our times, with fascinating results.”
Executive producer Liam Humphreys said, “Max Pemberton's investigation into the dramatic rise in ADHD diagnoses results in some startling revelations and a film that promises to make viewers think very differently about how we are medicating a generation of children.”
Separate clinical data from King's College London, reviewing 40 studies across 17 countries, concluded that the global prevalence of ADHD has remained steady between 2% and 6% since 2020.
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Researchers attribute the rise in recorded cases to increased clinical assessment rates rather than an actual increase in the condition's incidence.
