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The Fonagy Review asks some right questions – inside a framework that risks real harm

neurobetter's response to the interim report of the Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism, and to Professor Peter Fonagy's commentary in The Times (31 March 2026) Professor Fonagy writes that "The question we face is not whether we should care more about mental health and neurodiversity. We should. It is whether we are responding in the right way." We agree with this. But we are concerned that this review – and the way it is already being reported – is not responding in the right way either. There are points in this interim report that neurobetter has been making from the start. Support should not be gatekept behind diagnosis. Early, accessible help matters. Systems that force people to wait years for an assessment before they can access any meaningful...