Decompensate
Updated June 09, 2015.
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.
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.
