The phrase "aftermath of the breakdown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the consequences or results that follow a significant failure or collapse.
Example: "The aftermath of the breakdown in communication led to a series of misunderstandings among the team members."
Alternatives: "consequences of the breakdown" or "results of the breakdown".
Written in the aftermath of the breakdown of her 27-year marriage to guitarist Thurston Moore in 2011, and the consequent split of Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon's memoir Girl in a Band is, perhaps not unexpectedly, not overflowing with laughs.
Preliminary talks aimed at avoiding a strike have begun, but the mood on all sides has been pessimistic, especially in the aftermath of the breakdown of talks between the actors and advertising agencies.
There may be lots of frightened, desperate people wandering in the aftermath of a breakdown of the social order: this is the greatest danger of all.
Most controversially, two years ago, there was Aftermath, about the breakdown of Cusk's marriage to photographer Adrian Clarke.
Then, in late summer, while on holiday with his friends the Guinnesses, Waugh resumed work, conscious of the drawbacks of writing a supposedly comic novel in the aftermath of emotional breakdown.
She moved back there after splitting up with McEvedy in the aftermath of her breakdown and we head off to a local pub for lunch and she orders a full three courses and a bottle of wine and she couldn't be more relaxed.
Be aware: in the immediate aftermath of a disastrous breakdown of the social order, if you are in an urban area, there will likely be many, many people looking for the same thing.
Instead, it chronicled the gruelling aftermath of her marriage breakdown, "the most painful thing" she had ever experienced.
On a night of surprises, Wood won for her portrayal of a second world war housewife struggling with the suffering of her soldier son, a loveless marriage and the aftermath of a nervous breakdown.
Toy Story 3 takes on the aftermath of a relationship breakdown.
Her Web series "The Maria Bamford Show," from 2009, was made up of vignettes about Bamford living with her parents in Minnesota in the aftermath of a nervous breakdown.
