Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Daniel Hall-Flavin, M.D., answers:
The term "nervous breakdown" is used by the public to characterize a wide range of mental illnesses. Nervous breakdown is not a medical term and doesn't indicate a specific mental illness. Generally, the term describes a person who is severely and persistently emotionally distraught and unable to function at his or her normal level.
Often, when people refer to having a nervous breakdown, they're describing severe depression.
Signs and symptoms of severe depression include:
~~Agitation or restlessness
~~Difficulty or inability to stop crying
~~Sleeping difficulties
~~Dramatic appetite changes
~~Indecision
The causes of mental illness usually aren't clear. But these factors may play a role:
~~Stress
~~Drug and alcohol use
~~Coexisting medical conditions, such as thyroid disorders and certain vitamin deficiencies
~~Genetics
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nervous-breakdown/AN00476
~~Agitation or restlessness
~~Difficulty or inability to stop crying
~~Sleeping difficulties
~~Dramatic appetite changes
~~Indecision
The causes of mental illness usually aren't clear. But these factors may play a role:
~~Stress
~~Drug and alcohol use
~~Coexisting medical conditions, such as thyroid disorders and certain vitamin deficiencies
~~Genetics
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nervous-breakdown/AN00476
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