Prof Dinesh Bhugra: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- former head of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“There has certainly been a splurge of diagnosis, and we don't know why that is. The question is why now, and why this? What is it providing? My fear is we medicalise normal human responses because it gives us the power as clinicians and it gives people the label which allows them to either feel they've got certain privileges or it gives them certain cachet in society.”
Where Prof Dinesh Bhugra has been quoted
- Rising number of people seeking ADHD diagnosis without treatment, say expertstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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