He was so isolated, he felt «a desperation he feared would lead to severe psychological breakdown,» says Elberling. (discovermagazine.com)
In the next several decades, alongside frequent psychological breakdowns, her career declined. (wsws.org)
William Friedkin's 1977 thriller, in which four desperate men drive nitroglycerin through an inhospitable jungle, is a tense study in psychological breakdown (theguardian.com)