Relapse 1662513 220631856 2008-06-20T20:12:58Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the [[record label]]|Relapse Records}} {{Wiktionary|relapse}} A '''relapse''' (etymologically, "who falls again") occurs when a person is affected again by a condition that affected them in the past. This could be a medical or psychological condition such as [[Clinical depression|depression]], [[bipolar disorder]], [[multiple sclerosis]], [[cancer]] or an [[addiction]] to a [[drug abuse|drug]]. For example, if someone who had problems with alcohol were to give up alcohol and then later start drinking again, this drinking might be considered a ''relapse''. It is different from a [[slip addiction|slip]] or lapse in that it implies a return to previous behaviour patterns, as opposed to a one-time occurrence. It may also, in medicine, mean the end of a [[remission (medicine)|remission]]. [[Category:Addiction]] {{Health-stub}} [[de:Rückfall]] [[es:Recaída]] [[pl:Nawrót choroby]] [[tr:Relaps]]