Dr. Sami Timimi discusses what "mental health" is. When are experiences symptoms, and what is “normal”? Why there are so many more people receiving mental disorder diagnoses? What is the impact of neoliberal capitalism and politics on people’s lives? Finally, Dr.Timimi talks about the future of psychiatry.

Are rising mental health diagnoses in children a sign of growing problems—or shifting definitions? In this episode of the Where Parents Talk podcast, host Lianne Castelino speaks with Dr. Sami Timimi, author of Searching for Normal: The Antidote to the Cult of Diagnosis.

Hear what keynote speaker Dr. Sami Timimi had to say at AMI-Quebec's Annual Mental Health Forum.

Are we creating patients instead of helping people heal? Dr. Becky Spelman sits down with Dr. Sami Timimi, one of the leading critical voices in psychiatry, to challenge the foundations of modern mental health.

Dr. Sami Timimi is a consultant psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author of Searching for Normal. Why does it feel like everyone suddenly has ADHD or autism? Are we medicalising normal life? And what if the mental health crisis isn’t biological—but cultural?

For Dr. Sami Timimi, the future of mental health is not about labels. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Sami challenges the idea that every struggle needs a diagnosis and a treatment plan. He explains how our approach to mental health can sideline the real social and cultural roots of suffering.

What if everything you thought you knew about psychiatric diagnoses—especially in children—was worth re-examining? In this episode of SIX Hats, Dr. Shami sits down with UK-based child psychiatrist, author, and critical thinker Dr. Sami Timimi. Together, they unravel the complexities and controversies behind modern psychiatric labels, with a particular focus on the ADHD diagnosis boom in children.

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Sami Timimi indicated in his presentation at the RCPsych in Scotland Winter Conference that formal psychiatric diagnostic systems should be abolished. In our interview he explains why psychiatric labels do more harm than good.

Peter Boghossian & Sami Timimi in conversation.

Interview with Dr. Sami Timimi and Dr. Nardi aired at the Psychexperience Podcast.

Sami Timimi on the dangers of pathologizing childhood, the myths surrounding ADHD, a better way to approach children’s mental health, and more. Part 2 of 2.

Sami Timimi on the dangers of pathologizing childhood, the myths surrounding ADHD, a better way to approach children’s mental health, and more. Part 1 of 2.

Mental health is a leading issue for young people. Amidst reports of a rising crisis in mental health, schools are being called upon to do more to support young people. But will the interventions and changes envisaged by policy-makers address what needs to be addressed?

In Today's episode of the Surgical Spirit, Dr. Sami Timimi talks about his experiences of coming from Iraq at a young age to the United Kingdom, the big flaws in psychiatry, and much more…

From the A Disorder 4 Everyone event, Change is Coming, Feb 12, 2021. Prof Sami Timimi talks about his latest book: Insane Medicine - How the Mental Health Industry Creates Damaging Treatment Traps and How You Can Escape Them.

Ben Furman interviews British Child and Adolescent psychiatrist Sami Timimi from Lincoln about whey the failing mental health care system is faling and what can be done to save it.

The long term use of psychiatric medications is causing more harm than good.' Chair: Professor Til Wykes. For - Professor Sami Timimi, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist; Professor Peter Gøtzsche, Director, The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Denmark. Against - Professor Allan Young, Professor of Mood Disorders, IoPPN; Mr John Crace, Journalist, The Guardian.

Talk by Sami Tamimi on 7th March 2014 in Llnadrindod Wells, Powys. Conference: Finding Meaning in Psychosis organised by PAVO and Public Health Wales.

Sami Timimi speaking at a rally against psychiatric deception and abuse in front of San Francisco's Moscone Center, where the American Psychiatric Association was holding its annual meeting, May 19, 2013.