READER’S DIGEST RECOMMENDED READ: Dangerous Diagnoses

OFTEN, WHEN WE describe a medical condition as “psychosomatic”, what we actually mean is “not real”. But this is a mistake that nobody who reads Suzanne O’Sullivan’s endlessly thought-provoking book is likely to make again. As she demonstrates through a collection of fascinating case studies from across the world, just because you’re suffering from an illness not caused by any disease, that doesn’t mean you’re not suffering from an illness.

According to O’Sullivan (a London-based neurologist), every illness has—to a greater