All 14 Uses of
diagnose
in
The Soloist
- I'm no doctor, but I am able to diagnose the mild dread that is now washing over me, accompanied by a nervous stomach.†
Chpt 1.2
- The diagnosis was paranoid schizophrenia, and his life, as he had lived it until then, was over.
Chpt 1.2 *diagnosis = the name of a disease that was determined to be the cause of an illness
- I'm curious to know her every thought, her diagnosis, her prognosis, her prescription.†
Chpt 1.3
- I'm dying for a diagnosis.†
Chpt 1.6
- But a diagnosis isn't of much interest to Ragins.†
Chpt 1.6
- Diagnosis, prescription.†
Chpt 1.6
- Making a diagnosis isn't as important as making a connection, Ragins says.†
Chpt 1.6
- If Nathaniel is going to get better, it won't be because of a correct diagnosis and textbook treatment program, but because he develops enough trust in me and others to pursue his own recovery.†
Chpt 1.6
- I've been unable to find any evidence of mental illness in the history of Nathaniel's family, and March tells me there was none in hers, either, unless it was there but undiagnosed, as might have been the case with my aunt and uncle.†
Chpt 1.9
- March knows there's still a long way to go for him and for the cause she's still committed to, but she's encouraged by improvements in awareness—Tom Cruise's outburst notwithstanding—and a breakthrough in brain scan technology that could one day allow doctors to diagnose schizophrenia in its early stages.†
Chpt 1.9
- It's the prescription drugs mostly" Is Mr. Ayers completely unaware that his son was diagnosed with a very specific disease?†
Chpt 2.18
- In Nathaniel's high-anxiety monologue, she hears her brother's voice—the brother she thinks might be bipolar, though he's never been diagnosed as such.†
Chpt 3.23
- He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and calmed with heavy doses of Thorazine.†
Chpt 3.26
- But I wonder if, for him, the columns are a sad reminder of what he once had, or if they read too much like a medical diagnosis he'd rather not hear.†
Chpt 3.27
Definition:
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(diagnose) determine or identify the nature of a problem or an illness