noun
new-type depression; atypical depression
A colloquial Japanese term for a pattern of depression where symptoms appear mainly in work or school settings and improve during leisure. Not a formal clinical diagnosis.
新型うつ病は、仕事中だけ気分が落ち込むのが特徴だと言われる。
New-type depression is said to be characterized by feeling down only while at work.
彼は新型うつ病と診断されて休職した。
He was diagnosed with new-type depression and took a leave from work.
うつ病 is the general term for clinical depression, while 新型うつ病 refers specifically to the colloquial 'new-type' pattern with situational symptoms.
Compound of 新型 (new type) and うつ病 (depression). The term emerged in Japanese media and popular psychology to describe a perceived modern pattern of depression distinct from classical melancholic depression.