So what if ADHD is a ‘social construct’ — I still have to live with it

Max Pemberton believes ADHD is a societal issue (Picture: Channel 4)In Channel 4’s new documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, psychiatrist Max Pemberton seeks to determine whether it’s ‘a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.’Having spent the five years since my own diagnosis fielding similar bad faith questions — and given Pemberton has previously suggested that ADHD could be a ‘wildly overdiagnosed’ ‘fad’ — the