The Life Scientific is a Scientific Documentary programme.

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The Life Scientific: Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick

Series 1978, episode 0

Suzanne O'Sullivan has been described as "a detective of the mind". She's a neurologist who helps some patients with the strangest of symptoms, from so-called 'Alice in Wonderland' seizures to those suffering from temporary blindness or paralysis, and that turn out to originate in their subconscious minds. By the time these people get to see Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan they'll often have been to many specialists, undergone a range of tests and given a variety of diagnoses. Suzanne's an expert on epilepsy, and the unusual ways that seizures can manifest themselves, who currently works at University College Hospital in London and for the Epilepsy Society. As well as diagnosing and treating patients, Suzanne has also written books about some of her most memorable, and frankly bizarre, cases.