Max Pemberton

Think about how many people you know who suffer with gut problems. The bloating, the cramping, the urgent dashes to the loo, the miserable mornings spent doubled over in pain.

For four years, journalists at this newspaper have worked under terrible accusations. It was alleged they hacked phones, blagged medical and travel records and did 'unlawful information gathering'.

For four years, journalists at this newspaper have worked under terrible accusations. It was alleged they hacked phones, blagged medical and travel records and did 'unlawful information gathering'.

For four years, journalists at this newspaper have worked under terrible accusations. It was alleged they hacked phones, blagged medical and travel records and did 'unlawful information gathering'.

Last year a patient of mine suffered a cardiac arrest while on holiday in Spain. He was in his forties and perfectly fit. He had no history of heart problems and neither did anyone in his family.

Many still picture type 2 diabetes as something that catches up with you in midlife. Yet figures published last week found a 'worrying increase' in women in their 20s developing the condition.

My patient was in her late 40s, well dressed, very dry and funny and she ran a department of 30 people. It was only later that I understood she had been unwell for 26 years with an eating disorder.

If you put an opinion in a national newspaper you can hardly object when people disagree. But there's a point at which disagreement turns into something else.

I've been a psychiatrist for more than 20 years, and in that time I've watched ADHD go from a diagnosis made occasionally, after careful assessment, to one that is demanded and all too readily dispensed.

Dr Max Pemberton tells Radio Times that we should look beyond medication and ask why our children are struggling, ahead of his new documentary.