Modern medicine has given us incredible tools to peer inside the body and spot disease earlier than ever before. But with that power comes a problem: the more we look, the more we find — and not everything we find needs fixing.
My guest today, neurologist Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan, argues that our culture of over-diagnosis is leaving many people more anxious, ... Show More
May 2025
Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far, The Problem With Getting A Diagnosis & Why Early Detection Is Not Always A Good Thing with Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan #553
Could our healthcare system be making us sicker rather than healthier? In the UK, autism diagnoses have increased by a staggering 787% between 1998 and 2018, and one in five people now has some form of mental health disorder. But what if some of our health struggles aren't diseas ... Show More
1h 50m
Mar 2025
Suzanne O'Sullivan (on over diagnosis)
<p>Suzanne O’Sullivan (The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker) is a neurologist, clinical neuropsychologist, and award-winning writer. Suzanne joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why epilepsy is a very neglected area of medicine, that we ... Show More
2h 6m
Apr 2020
Unravelling Spectrum Disorders with Genevieve Mlotkowski
How does diet and supplementation affect children with behavioural disorders?
In this episode, Genevieve Mlotkowski discusses her clinical passion; helping parents see the gifts and uniqueness in children with autism, ADD, ADHD and other behavioural conditions.
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49m 10s
May 2024
317: Why Metabolic Dysfunction is Ruining Our Health and What to Do About It with Stanford MD, Dr. Casey Means
<p>Casey Means, MD, is a Stanford-trained physician and co-founder of Levels, a health technology company that aims to reverse the world’s metabolic health crisis. She received her BA with honors and MD from Stanford, was President of her Stanford class, and has served on Stanfor ... Show More
1h 8m
Dec 2024
Why do I feel like I need a diagnosis?
This week we are talking all about getting a diagnosis. Why we might want one, why we might not agree when we finally get one, and my thoughts on self-diagnosis. We will talk about assessments and what it means to get a proper diagnosis. Finally, we will dig into labels as a whol ... Show More
41m 33s
Jul 2025
Rethinking ADHD: Root Causes, Real Healing, and the Power of Functional Medicine
ADHD and other brain-based conditions such as depression, autism, and even schizophrenia are increasingly understood as inflammatory disorders of the brain—deeply rooted in the complex interplay between genetics, environment, and lifestyle. Many individuals go undiagnosed for yea ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2024
Understanding neurodiversity: managing ADHD and getting diagnoses
<p>It’s ADHD Awareness Month, so Fearne’s reflecting on some of the conversations she’s had about neurodiversity on the show that’ll hopefully help you understand either yourself, or someone you love, even better...</p><p> </p><p>First, what are the signs and symptoms of ADH ... Show More
36m 50s
Feb 2025
Why are more adults being diagnosed with ADHD? With Russell Ramsay, PhD
For many years, ADHD was seen as a disorder of childhood. But in recent years, an increasing number of adults have been diagnosed with it as well. Clinician and researcher Russell Ramsay, PhD, discusses what’s driving the rise in adult diagnoses, what ADHD looks like in adults, h ... Show More
40m 1s
Mar 2025
153. We’re Not Getting Sicker — We’re Overdiagnosed
<p>Suzanne O'Sullivan is a neurologist who sees many patients with psychosomatic disorders. Their symptoms may be psychological in origin, but their pain is real and physical — and the way we practice medicine, she argues, is making those and other health problems worse.</p><p> < ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2025
How to Cure What Ails You
<p>Now that we have the ability to see inside the brain without opening anyone's skull, we'll be able to map and define brain activity and peg it to behavior and feelings. Right? Well, maybe not, or maybe not just yet. It seems the workings of our brains are rather too complex an ... Show More
25m 1s