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Decompensate

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Updated November 04, 2007

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Definition: To slip back into symptoms or behaviors that one had previously been keeping under control. It may occur when stress has overwhelmed a person's ability to cope.
Examples:
When she learned she was losing her apartment, Marsha decompensated and required more medication.

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