The age of diagnosis: how our obsession with medical labels is making us sicker
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"From a neurologist and award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients I'm a neurologist. Diagnosis is my bread and butter. So why thenwould I, an experienced medical doctor, be very careful about which diagnosis I would pursue for myself or would be willing to accept if foisted upon me? We live in an age of diagnosis. The advance of sophisticated genetic sequencing techniques means that we may all soon be screened for potential abnormalities. The internet provides a vast array of information that helps us speculate about our symptoms. Conditions like ADHD and Autism are on the rapid rise, while other new categories like Long Covid aredriven by patients themselves. When we are suffering, it feels natural to seek a diagnosis. We want a clear label, understanding, and, of course, treatment. But is diagnosis an unqualified good thing? Could it sometimes even make us worse instead of better? Through the moving stories of real people, neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan explores the complex world of modern diagnosis, comparing the impact of a medical label to the pain of not knowing. With scientific authority and compassionate storytelling, sheopens up new possibilities for how we might approach our health and our suffering"--
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O'Sullivan, S. (2025). The age of diagnosis: how our obsession with medical labels is making us sicker. Thesis.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)O'Sullivan, Suzanne. 2025. The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession With Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker. Thesis.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)O'Sullivan, Suzanne, The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession With Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker. Thesis, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)O'Sullivan, Suzanne. The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession With Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker. Thesis, 2025.
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