Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 95628

Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department has received on the potential over-diagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The most recent evidence about the prevalence of mental health conditions and neurodiversity comes from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2023/24, which provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated mental health disorders and neurode...

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