How much preventive health screening should I be getting? Screenings can find treatable conditions before they have caused too much damage – but ‘overscreening’ can cause harm The Guardian - US · Jun 21
Wes Streeting is right to examine questions of overdiagnosis Letters: Dr Richard Hassall, Allen Frances and Natasha Fairbairn respond to a column by John Harris which argued that the health secretary should not jump on a rightwing bandwagon about mental health The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2025
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2025
The high cost of letting our jobs and our diagnoses define us When we use labels to define who we are, we risk limiting potential. Fortune · Nov 25, 2025
Look at Labour’s cruel attitude towards disability benefits, then tell me Keir Starmer cares about ‘human dignity’ These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2025
The risks of "diagnosis creep" In “The Age of Diagnosis,” Suzanne O’Sullivan challenges common assumptions about how we detect and treat disease Salon · May 13, 2025
The experts: neurologists on 17 simple ways to look after your brain Sleep well, swap butter for olive oil, learn a musical instrument – or embrace some other ‘magnificent obsession’. Here is what doctors do themselves to delay the onset of cognitive decline The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025
Are labels like autism and ADHD more constraining than liberating? A clinician argues diagnosis has gone too far The Anatomy of Melancholy was written more than 400 years ago, but Robert Burton’s masterpiece is strangely modern. Although it brims with quaint language and Latin quotes, it also resembles a medical textbook: a compendium of the symptoms, causes, prognoses and treatments of human misery. The Conversation · Mar 24, 2025
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – do no harm A doctor’s brilliant study of the dangers of overdiagnosis, from ADHD to long Covid The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – are we really getting sicker? A neurologist discusses the dangers of overdiagnosing conditions from Lyme disease to ADHD in an era where technology meets pathology The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Mind over body: the trouble with treating chronic conditions Letters: Readers respond to an extract from Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan’s book on the pathologising of mental health problems and behavioural disorders The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025
The best new books coming in 2025 — from Irvine Welsh to Florence Knapp Irvine Welsh, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Philippe Sands and Naomi Watts are some of the big-name authors with books out this year. But it’s not just well known writers. There’s a legion of brilliant new titles, from thrilling fiction to deep-thinking psychoanalysis and even a book by the woman who made… Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2025
Science news this week: A dolphin with thumbs and a massive quantum chip Dec. 17, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. LiveScience · Dec 17, 2023
It's not 'all in your head' — neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan on psychosomatic illness In her clinic, neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan often sees patients with psychosomatic illness — conditions she believes are widely misunderstood. She's now on a mission to change that. LiveScience · Dec 17, 2023