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The actual Spanish title refers to "un ataque de nervios" which is not actually well translated by "nervous breakdown" (crisis nerviosa). "Ataques de nervios" are culture-bound psychological phenomena during which the individual, most often female, displays dramatic outpouring of negative emotions, bodily gestures, occasional falling to the ground, and fainting, often in response to receiving disturbing news or witnessing or participating in an upsetting event. Historically, this condition has been associated with hysteria and more recently in the scientific literature with post-traumatic stress and panic attacks.
Read more about this topic: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
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