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What is the modern or medical/technical definition of a nervous breakdown?

Asked by jca (36062points) October 1st, 2011

Sometimes I hear about someone who had a “nervous breakdown.” This is obviously an archaic term. What is the modern, medical or technical definition of what used to be described as a nervous breakdown?

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