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What happens when an adult has a nervous breakdown, physiologically speaking?
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A "nervous breakdown: is not a mental health diagnosis. It is a layman's term for mental illness that is severe enough to warrant hospitalization. Therefore, it represents many different mental conditions and cannot be described as a physical condition.
Answered 5/29/2016
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