{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Glossary","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary","author_name":"Glossary","author_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/","title":"Relapse - Definition of Relapse","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GFa1kPGqVY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/relapse\/\">Relapse<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/relapse\/embed\/#?secret=GFa1kPGqVY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Relapse&#8221; &#8212; Glossary\" data-secret=\"GFa1kPGqVY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The return of symptoms associated with the present episode of psychiatric illness after the symptoms had been reduced or eliminated for a brief period. In treatment of alcoholism and substanceuse disorders, relapse refers to the reuse of the substance that produced the disorder.The return of a disease after the beginning of the convalescent period.A situation in which someone gets worse after seeming to be getting better, or where a disease appears again after seeming to be cured.To show again the signs of a disease from which the patient appeared to have recovered, n. recurrence of a disease after apparent recovery.Recurrence of a disease after a period of remission or recovery.Return of symptoms and signs of disease after a period of improvement or good health. Relapse also describes a situation in which a person's condition that had been improving gets worse during an illness.A return of disease symptoms after recovery had apparently been achieved or the worsening of an apparently recovering patient's condition during the course of an illness.The return of a disease that a patient has had and apparently recovered from. It may also be a worsening of a disease from which a person is still recovering. The opposite of relapse is remission.The recurrence of a disease or symptoms after apparent recovery.A return to using drugs while trying to recover from drug addiction.The return of a disease during or soon after convalescence.Reverting to old behaviors that a person has worked through previously.The reappearance of a disease following an apparent healing, or the resurgence of symptoms after a period of relief.The resurgence of an illness after it initially appeared that recovery was underway."}