Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

descompensarse

English translation:

(the patients) decompensate / suffer episodes decompensation

Added to glossary by Shar1
Mar 21, 2010 23:26
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Spanish term

descompensarse

Spanish to English Medical Psychology Psychiatry
The text is about Millon's biosocial model of personality and its disorders. Some examples are:

Millon, en su modelo biosocial de la personalidad y sus trastornos, ha propuesto que en determinadas circunstancias (i.e., estrés agudo) los patrones estables de personalidad **se descompensan** hacia formas más graves de desestructuración ...
...el trastorno negativista-pasivo/agresivo de la personalidad puede manifestarse en la forma de un trastorno límite de la personalidad en condiciones de **descompensación**...
...El gráfico permite, además, conocer hacia qué otros trastornos puede **descompensarse** cada uno de ellos, teniendo en cuenta su proximidad. Así, una persona con trastorno narcisistica puede **descompensarse**, en situaciones de alto estrés, y si prevalece la sensibilidad interpersonal, hacia un patrón paranoid. ...

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(the patients) decompensate / suffer episodes decompensation

Margret is right, but this is the clinical term (it is necessary to adjust for the SP reflexive verb) Repeated episodes of decompensation, each of extended duration.
www.ssa.gov/.../12.00-MentalDisorders-Adult.htm - En caché - Similares; with a neurotic behaviour pattern of the 'hysterical type? Which of the two represents ... personality disorders are forme fruste of psychiatric illnesses; or whether they are the .... the direction in which patients decompensate and ...
www.informaworld.com/index/904714490.pdfPersonality Disorders: eMedicine Emergency Medicine - [ Traducir esta página ]
de MS Beeson - Citado por 9 - Artículos relacionados
23 Jul 2008 ... Stressful situations may often result in decompensation, ... Paranoid: Pattern of distrust and suspiciousness with a tendency to ... Antisocial: Chronic maladaptive behavior that disregards the rights of others. .... Borderline personality disorder features predict negative outcomes 2 years later. ...
emedicine.medscape.com › ... › Psychosocial - En caché - Similares
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agree Lydia De Jorge
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agree franglish
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to become unbalanced

The Collins Spanish-English dictionary:

des·com·pen·sar Verbo
1.unbalance, put off balance; Sinónimos: desequilibrar, desnivelar, desajustar, desbalancear, desestabilizar, desasentar; Hacer perder la compensación, desequilibrar(se) algo.

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or:

TO BE PUT OFF BALANCE
Peer comment(s):

agree Pilar Díez
22 hrs
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15 mins

decompensate

Standard nomenclature in the fiel dof psychology.
Peer comment(s):

agree Gloria Rivera
1 min
Hi and thanks a lot, Gloria.
agree Patrice
44 mins
Thanks, Patrice.
agree Leonardo Lamarche : agree.
59 mins
Thanks, Leonardo.
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