Suzanne O'Sullivan

Doctor Suzanne O'Sullivan is a British neurologist and author.

Book - It's All In Your Head
Doctor Sullivan published her book, It's All In Your Head, in 2015. It is a book about medically unexplained symptoms and psychosomatic illness and includes a chapter on ME/CFS despite widespread agreement that it is not a psychosomatic illness.

Criticism
The ME Association published a letter by Lady Countess of Mar. The association also wrote its own letter of complaint to the British Times newspaper in response to its review of the book that incorrectly referred to ME/CFS as a psychosomatic illness.

British charity Invest in ME also criticized the book which they describe as "stigmatising".

British charity Action for ME also wrote to the Times to criticise coverage of the book.

Professor James Coyne has written critically of the book describing it as a "dreadful book".

Patient and author Nasim Marie Jafry has criticised the book, accusing it of "recycling nonsense".

Geoffrey Jones published a blog referring to the book author's "ignorant meanderings about ME".

Wellcome Book Prize
In April 2016 the book was awarded the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize, and the author a £30,000 prize (around US$45,000).

Notable studies
Doctor Sullivan has published no studies on ME/CFS.

Clinic location
The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

Articles

 * 16 May 2015, 'You think I'm mad?' – the truth about psychosomatic illness The Guardian by Suzanne O'Sullivan

Talks & interviews
Suzanne O'Sullivan is quoted in a PVFS article in ELLE Magazine Mind Games

Online presence

 * PubMed - S O'Sullivan
 * Twitter - Suzanne O'Sullivan

Learn more

 * University College London Hospitals - Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan
 * Amazon.co.uk - It's All In Your Head
 * Amazon.com - It's All In Your Head
 * GoodReads - It's All In Your Head