It’s Not ADHD, It’s Trauma’ – Why Gabor Maté Is Only Half Right
Gabor Maté
Jonathan
Jul 12, 202613 December 2025
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This video explains why the phrase “It’s not ADHD, it’s trauma” is misleading, and how to integrate trauma and neurodevelopment using brain circuits, allostatic load, and diagnostic formulation. In this video, Dr Sanil Rege (consultant psychiatrist, MBBS, MRCPsych, FRANZCP) breaks down: 1. What Ga
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You've probably heard this line before. It's not ADHD, it's trauma. It's everywhere online. It feels compassionate, almost liberating. But here's what we don't realize. If we treat it as the only real
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