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A neurologist explores the very real world of psychosomatic illness.<BR><BR> Pauline first became ill when she was fifteen. What seemed to be a urinary infection became joint pain, then life-threatening appendicitis. After a routine operation Pauline lost all the strength in her legs. Shortly afterwards, convulsions started. But Pauline's tests are normal: her symptoms seem to have no physical cause whatsoever. <BR><BR> This may be an extreme case, but Pauline is not alone. As many as a third of people visiting their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained. In most, an emotional root is suspected which is often the last thing a patient wants to hear and a doctor to say. <BR><BR> We accept our hearts can flutter with excitement and our brows can sweat with nerves, but on this journey into the very real world of psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O'Sullivan finds the secrets we are all capable of keeping from ourselves.<BR><BR>'A fascinating glimpse into the human condition... a forceful call for society to be more open about such suffering' Daily Mail<BR><BR>'Honest, fascinating and necessary' The Times

Untertitel
Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness

H | B | T | Gramm
198 mm | 128 mm | 27 mm | 0.237 kg

Erscheinungsjahr
2016

FSK
0

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Taschenbuch

Verlag
Random House UK

ISBN-10
0099597853

ISBN-13
9780099597858

Autor
Suzanne O'Sullivan

Sprache
Englisch

Seitenanzahl
326

Themen
Umgang mit / Ratgeber zu Krankheit und Gesundheitsproblemen, Gesundheitspsychologie, Ratgeber, Sachbuch: Psychologie, Verhaltenstheorie Behaviourism, Psychosomatik

Keywords
Ratgeber, Sachbuch: Psychologie, Verhalten / Theorie, Forschung, Verhaltenstheorie (Behaviourism), Gesundheitspsychologie, Körper (medizinisch) / Psychosomatik, Psychologie, Englische Bücher / Naturwissenschaften / Medizin, Psychosomatik, HC/Medizin/Andere Fachgebiete, Umgang mit / Ratgeber zu Krankheit und Gesundheitsproblemen

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Suzanne O'Sullivan

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Suzanne O'Sullivan

Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan has been a consultant in neurology since 2004, first working at The Royal London Hospital and now as a consultant in clinical neurophysiology and neurology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and for a specialist unit based at the Epilepsy Society. She specialises in the investigation of complex epilepsy and also has an active interest in psychogenic disorders. Suzanne's book about psychosomatic illness, It's All in Your Head, won both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Royal Society of Biology Book Prize.

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The Age of Diagnosis
'Slices through the confusion with grace and compassion. I cannot say good enough things about it.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'A brilliant study of the dangers of overdiagnosis' - GUARDIAN'Compassionate and bracingly independent thinking' - THE TIMES, best books of 2025From 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.

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The Age of Diagnosis
THE MUST-READ BESTSELLER AND BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST AND MORE'Revelatory. Slices through the contradictions.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'So well-written... critically important.' - RANGAN CHATTERJEE'A doctor's brilliant study of the dangers of overdiagnosis' - GUARDIANFrom 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 transforms how we think about illness and health.Chosen as a 'brilliant book to read this summer' by the GUARDIAN'Compassionate and bracingly independent thinking' - THE TIMES'Exceptional. Chapter by brilliant chapter, it raises fundamental questions we should all be asking.' - NEW STATESMAN*As heard on Radio 4 Book of the Week, Today, Good Morning Britain, Sky News and more.*

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It's All in Your Head
A neurologist explores the very real world of psychosomatic illness.<BR><BR> Pauline first became ill when she was fifteen. What seemed to be a urinary infection became joint pain, then life-threatening appendicitis. After a routine operation Pauline lost all the strength in her legs. Shortly afterwards, convulsions started. But Pauline's tests are normal: her symptoms seem to have no physical cause whatsoever. <BR><BR> This may be an extreme case, but Pauline is not alone. As many as a third of people visiting their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained. In most, an emotional root is suspected which is often the last thing a patient wants to hear and a doctor to say. <BR><BR> We accept our hearts can flutter with excitement and our brows can sweat with nerves, but on this journey into the very real world of psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O'Sullivan finds the secrets we are all capable of keeping from ourselves.<BR><BR>'A fascinating glimpse into the human condition... a forceful call for society to be more open about such suffering' Daily Mail<BR><BR>'Honest, fascinating and necessary' The Times

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È tutto nella tua testa. Il misterioso mondo delle malattie psicosomatiche
Isteria, nevrastenia, pazzia, persino stregoneria. Quante sono le etichette che nel corso dei secoli sono state apposte ai malati che soffrivano di disturbi fisici inspiegabili? Quali sono state le diagnosi, quali le cure? E rispetto al passato, rispetto cioè a definizioni e trattamenti terapeutici talvolta fantasiosi, quali passi avanti sono stati fatti? Suzanne O'Sullivan, primario di neurologia e responsabile di un centro per la cura dell'epilessia a Londra, a questa domanda risponde con assoluta certezza: nessuno. Intorno alle disabilità provocate da fattori psicologici permane un'aura di mistero e diffidenza che mina alla base qualunque tentativo di fornire aiuto concreto ai pazienti che ne soffrono. È tutto nella tua testa è il contributo della dottoressa O'Sullivan, che con critica lucidità ripercorre la propria esperienza professionale a contatto con i pazienti affetti da disturbi psicosomatici, raccontandone le storie, le vite, la disperata ricerca di una risposta che spieghi l'origine dei loro sintomi invalidanti. Incontriamo così Pauline, malata da quando aveva quindici anni e che, con le gambe paralizzate e crisi convulsive che la scuotono, a un decennio di distanza ancora non sa quale patologia l'abbia colpita. E poi c'è Matthew, convinto di soffrire di sclerosi multipla, ma le cui analisi cliniche sono impeccabili. E Yvonne, inspiegabilmente cieca. E Rachel, ex ballerina costretta sulla sedia a rotelle. Persone diverse, con vissuti e percorsi differenti. Proprio come i sintomi fisici che le affliggono. Eppure, al di là della loro eterogeneità, di queste patologie si può intravedere il tratto che le accomuna, e cioè il fatto di essere la manifestazione di un disagio psichico, di un malessere profondo generalmente rimosso a cui la somatizzazione «dà corpo» e visibilità rendendolo pertanto accettabile agli occhi dei pazienti e dei loro familiari. Perché in fondo di questo si tratta: della paura con cui ancora oggi si guarda ai disturbi psichiatrici, della diffidenza che circonda coloro che ne soffrono, della vergogna e dell'umiliazione che spesso li accompagna. Del silenzio che li avvolge. Con questo libro, che intreccia le storie dei pazienti con quella medica delle affezioni psicosomatiche, dai primi studi sull'isteria condotti da Jean-Martin Charcot alla fine dell'Ottocento ai tentativi freudiani di curarla attraverso l'ipnosi, Suzanne O'Sullivan cerca di scuotere le coscienze e modificare una mentalità assai diffusa. Per accettare la realtà dei disturbi psicosomatici, e riservare a chi ne soffre la dignità che merita, dobbiamo quindi riconoscere il potere straordinario che la mente ha sul corpo: se può farci piangere dal ridere, perché non dovrebbe essere capace di manifestazioni anche più estreme?

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