Adults living with ADHD (Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder) are widely misunderstood by the community and critically underserved by the public health system. Diagnosis and treatment remain inconsistent. Insight hears from adults navigating the life-shaping consequences of living with ADHD.

It's taboo for a parent to admit having a favourite, but according to an Australian study, 69 per cent of parents can identify a favourite child. The pressure of carrying the golden child label can be a weighty responsibility and the effects of feeling less liked can be lasting and traumatic.

For many people who suffer harm or losses because of corporate wrongdoing, a class action can be the only way to seek compensation. But what happens when what you get at the end is far less than you hoped or the settlement is eaten up by legal and funding fees?

Could you stay with the same person for over 50 years? Insight’s Kumi Taguchi talks to couples who have been through some of the toughest challenges a relationship can face. Find out how they have lasted the distance through thick and thin.

When they should be safely curled up in bed, some people are up walking, running, eating and fighting – all in their sleep. What kinds of strange things do people do while they’re asleep, and why can’t we stop them from happening?

One third of Australian women who give birth report their experience as traumatic, whether through physical injury or psychological effects. But many women suffer in silence. This episode of Insight explores the impacts of birth trauma and what can be done to ensure better outcomes for women and their families.

What happens after you’ve been hurt at work? Current systems in place aim to get workers back on the job - but what does that actually involve? And what are the effects on the injured worker, both physically and mentally?

More than just a bad hair day, hair loss can be confronting, upsetting and even dehumanising. Insight hears from people who’ve experienced female and male pattern baldness, and the autoimmune condition alopecia areata, about what they did to treat or accept their hair loss.

From monitoring your phone and movements to controlling what you wear, what you eat and who you see, coercive control is an insidious, pervasive and dangerous form of abuse. Insight explores Intimate Terrorism: what is coercive control and should it be a crime?

Intuition is that feeling you get when you instinctively know something is right or wrong without conscious reasoning. When should you use it and can we learn to use it better? Insight meets people who use intuition to make decisions and finds out what impact it’s had on their lives.

The majority of older Australians want to remain in their own home as they age but many will need assistance to do that successfully. So what conversations need to happen to help your parents to stay independent?

On this episode of Insight, Kumi Taguchi speaks to people who dedicated their lives to a passion - and then walked away from it all. How did they reckon with the decision to call it quits on a lifetime pursuit and move on afterwards?

Without our memories, is it possible to know who we really are and our place in the world? On this episode of Insight, we look at how memories define us and what happens when we lose them.

Technological advances have changed the lives of many deaf people for the better, but for others, it’s an unwelcome intervention and an ethical dilemma. How have devices like cochlear implants shaped the deaf community, and how can we bridge the divide between the deaf and hearing worlds?

DNA has revolutionised criminal investigations with many cases now solved through DNA evidence linking perpetrators to crimes. But how reliable is DNA evidence and do those in the justice system understand it enough? Insight also looks at the public genealogy websites police could soon be accessing to help solve crimes.

A recent study showed that 44 per cent of Australians are not open to dating someone who is bisexual. Insight finds out what attitudes and stereotypes exist that often make relationships complicated for bisexual people and how this can lead to poor mental health for people in the Bi+ community.

Half a million people intend to retire within the next five years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Coming to the end of your working career can be daunting as you worry about losing purpose, identity and social connections. Finances aside, can you also plan for the emotional adjustment?

What happens when your livelihood depends on deceiving, manipulating and lying about who you really are? On this episode of Insight, we ask undercover police officers, victims of undercover stings, and a man who lived a three-year lie: What are the moral and ethical challenges of living a double life?

Friends are worth their weight in gold. While toxic friendships can lead to effects on our bodies on par with smoking and obesity, good friends give us greater intelligence, financial success and happiness. Insight asks how can we maintain friendships through thick and thin and when should we walk away?

More Aussie women are having babies later in life, but what are the consequences of waiting? Insight explores how women navigate relationships, careers and their fertility, and what happens when you decide to go it alone, or give up altogether.

What’s it like to be the odd one out? Insight hears from people who can’t help but stand out, and asks what the rest of us can learn from the black sheep of the world.

In an increasingly sexualised world, life without sex can be a curious anomaly. But for some people, celibacy is a choice they’ve made, while others have been born with no sexual attraction. Insight talks to people who are celibate and finds out how it impacts their lives.

What happens when anger becomes rage and how can we manage it? Insight episode, RAGE, explores if we are angrier than ever before and why some people can control their anger before it turns to rage, while others can’t stop themselves from losing it.

Indulging in our favourite foods is something many of us do to help soothe feelings of discomfort, such as stress, anxiety and even boredom. But how does ‘eating our emotions’ really affect our health and when does it become a problem?

The term ‘narcissist’ gets used a lot these days as a negative slur to label people on social media, reality TV and politics. And studies show narcissistic traits are on the rise with 10 per cent of us exhibiting traits like self-obsession or entitlement. But how prevalent is narcissism really?

What is it like to be the only person to survive a plane crash, an avalanche, or the only sibling in a family to return from war? In this episode, Insight hears from people who have survived tragic events and finds out how the experience shaped their lives.

Hosted by Karla Grant, this Insight special, produced and presented by NITV, looks at Indigenous Incarceration and Black Deaths in Custody in Australia and the impact it’s having on individuals, families and the wider community. It presents solutions to this chronic problem and the benefits to society as a whole.