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The Age of Diagnosis: Are Medical Labels Doing Us More Harm Than Good? - THE MUST-READ SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Suzanne O Sullivan
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'Revelatory. Slices through the contradictions that have tied me in knots.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
From autism to allergies, ADHD to long Covid, more people are being labelled with medical conditions than ever before. But can a diagnosis do us more harm than good?
The boundaries between sickness and health are being redrawn. Mental health categories are shifting and expanding all the time, radically altering what we consider to be 'normal'. Genetic tests can now detect pathologies decades before people experience symptoms, and sometimes before they're even born. And increased health screening draws more and more people into believing they are unwell.
An accurate diagnosis can bring greater understanding and of course improved treatment. But many diagnoses aren't as definitive as we think. And in some cases they risk turning healthy people into patients.
Drawing on the stories of real people, as well as decades of clinical practice and the latest research, leading neurologist Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan overturns long held assumptions and transforms how we think about illness and health.
Read MorePraise for The Age of Diagnosis: Are Medical Labels Doing Us More Harm Than Good? - THE MUST-READ SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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Covers so many topics that have been troubling me but I hadn't been able to resolve myself - as a parent and a clinician. An absolutely absorbing readA brilliant study of the dangers of overdiagnosis... O'Sullivan is brave to take this subject on, and she hits the target. - The GuardianExceptional... Chapter by brilliant chapter, it raises fundamental questions we should all be asking when thinking about illness. - New Statesman
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