The term nervesammenbrud is not a medical term, but is used to describe an often disheartening and tragic condition where a person as a result of a mental disorder like. psychosis, depression or anxiety, it fails to solve everyday life problems and conflicts.

If you have a person in his immediate social circle, which is suffering a mental illness, perhaps prefer not to specify the condition, but why call it a nervesammenbrud. However, one should remember that a mental illness is an illness like any other, and therefore nothing to be ashamed of.