CFAR & Bristol University Lecture – May 16th 2026 – Luca Bosetti on ASD, ADHD and Neurodiversity

The third seminar of the series will focus in particular on the question of diagnosis and examine the differences between psychiatric diagnosis, psychoanalytic diagnosis and the phenomenon of self-diagnosis which has currently become prevalent within the neurodiversity movement. Considering some famous cases of both unquestionable and questionable diagnoses of autism – including the animal scientist Temple Grandin and the pianist Glenn Gould – the seminar will illustrate how key psychoanalytic concepts like identification, psychical causality and symbol-formation remain essential resources for clinicians who want to find their bearing when working with patients who present symptoms associated with ADHD or AS