A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder.
Popular term for a reaction to overwhelming psychological stress. There is no equivalent medical term. People said to be suffering from a nervous breakdown may be suffering from a neurotic illness, such as depression or anxiety, or a psychotic illness, such as schizophrenia.
Versagen des Nervensystems infolge seel. oder nervl. Überbeanspruchung oder Belastung.
laienhafte Sammelbez. für nervl. Erschöpfung, Reaktionen auf Überforderung.