... evening.Symptoms and SignsIn Chapter 3 we’ll discuss the basic plan for making a sound diagnosis. Butbefore we get there, we need to define some terms that relate to the rawmaterials for any health care diagnosis. ... symptoms and signs, it should be more fully understoodas symptoms, signs, and events that take place in a recognizable pattern and 10 THE BASICS OF DIAGNOSIS Symptoms and Signs Mental health doesn’t ... whom7 Diagnosis Made Easier have their back stories, too, which clinically we call personal and social his-tory. For the same reasons that a play is more compelling when we under-stand what...