The Age of Diagnosis
Sickness, Health and Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far
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Narrated by:
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Suzanne O’Sullivan
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A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
A BEST BOOK OF 2025 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, LONDON STANDARD, NEW STATESMAN AND IRISH TIMES
'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 read' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
'A brilliant study of the dangers of overdiagnosis' - GUARDIAN
'Compassionate and bracingly independent thinking' - THE TIMES
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 medical research, Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan overturns long held assumptions and reframes how we think about illness and health.
*As heard on Good Morning Britain, Sky News, Radio 4 Today and more.*©2025 Suzanne O’Sullivan (P)2025 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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- PeterB
- 24-03-2025
All doctors and patients should read
This is a very well written and researched book with theories backed with data and brought to life with patient histories
I’m a doctor - I thought it was brilliant and hope other doctors read it too .
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-2025
Thoughtful and Compassionate
As a Special Ed teacher, I appreciated this eye-opening and empathetic take on the rise in diagnoses, possibly driven by a need for identity and validation, and its warning against trivialising these disorders for those who are genuinely impaired or disabled by them. Nicely read by the author.
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