Mental Health Under Investigation

Zippy1983

This is what I call a very hotbed topic for many thousands of us if not hundreds of thousands into millions who battle mental health daily.

The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.

Streeting is understood to be concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims because of diagnoses for mental illness, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the Times reported.

He has asked leading experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become “over-pathologised”, the newspaper said, as he seeks to grapple with the 4.4 million working-age people now claiming sickness or incapacity benefit.

The figure has risen by 1.2 million since 2019, while the number of 16 to 34-year-olds off work with long-term sickness because of a mental health condition is said to have grown rapidly in the same period.

Streeting told the Times he knew from “personal experience how devastating it can be for people who face poor mental health, have ADHD or autism and can’t get a diagnosis or the right support”.

He added: “I also know, from speaking to clinicians, how the diagnosis of these conditions is sharply rising.

“We must look at this through a strictly clinical lens to get an evidence-based understanding of what we know, what we don’t know, and what these patterns tell us about our mental health system, autism and ADHD services.

“That’s the only way we can ensure everyone gets timely access to accurate diagnosis and effective support.”

The review, which is expected to be launched on Thursday, is set to be led by Prof Peter Fonagy, a clinical psychologist at University College London specialising in child mental health, with Sir Simon Wessely, a former president of the Royal College of Psychiatry, acting as vice-chair.

Fonagy told the Times: “We will examine the evidence with care – from research, from people with lived experience and from clinicians working at the frontline of mental health, autism and ADHD services – to understand, in a grounded way, what is driving rising demand.”

The move comes as ministers seek to tackle the growing welfare bill.

Earlier this year, ministers were forced to retreat from plans to reform disability benefits, including for those with mental health conditions, in the face of backbench Labour opposition.

Keir Starmer on Monday signalled that the government will make a fresh push on welfare reform.

He said: “We’ve got to transform it; we also have to confront the reality that our welfare state is trapping people, not just in poverty, but out of work.”

https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/mental-health-pain-and-addiction/government-launches-review-into-rising-adhd-autism-and-mental-health-diagnoses/

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/mental-health-problems-introduction/diagnosis/

I see this now as the Government are looking at us not as humans but as robots, they don’t want us to have feelings, act differently, function mentally differently to others, the list is endless. I mean come on, so if we are sad, have a breakdown, want to act on Dark Thoughts, struggle in the home, school, work place, in public etc due to our brains being wired differently then nothing is wrong with us! That we don’t have a recognised mental health disorder.

Or if we see the world from a different perspective from early childhood, act out, don’t keep eye contact, struggle with concentration, act impulsive, have bundles of energy etc means that we don’t have ADHD.

We are all Neurospicy in our own ways from early childhood all the way through to the day the off switch is pushed when we are elderly. Yes we are all different individually wired up differently, a health professional that has actual experience in the specialised field of work from GP, Psychiatrist (Child & Adult) to other health professionals has actually correctly diagnosed us with a bunch of letters or words to label the conditions that make our day to day living challenging, but this also affects those loved ones around us to.

What does the government want health professionals do, take a look at children and adults with many different mental health conditions and go nah we haven’t got a label for them, Sorry but there normal and nothing wrong with them. Families would be tearing there hair out, those affected would be climbing the walls and could lead to acting on intrusive dark thoughts.

That Mental Health is still such a taboo subject in 2025 is shocking! Just reading that there investigating diagnosis of ADHD, ASD and many Mental Health Conditions makes me feel dirty, ashamed and feel that I live have lived a lie since my birth.

I have often said since the since my time as a Support Worker said due to the government views people with mental disabilities, what is going to be next.. that the government will start building large scale building of Victorian Style Asylum’s to hide people that are mentally challenged from the world, to keep them medicated, have padded rooms and straight jackets, bring back outdated practices and **** us of our human rights.

I am angry just seeing this, but also ashamed, downtrodden, worried, questioning everything that I know and making me want to actually hide from the world even more.