新しん型がたうつ病びょう

Meanings

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.

新しん型がたうつ病びょうは、仕し事ごと中ちゅうだけ気き分ぶんが落おち込こむのが特とく徴ちょうだと言いわれる。
New-type depression is said to be characterized by feeling down only while at work.
彼かれは新しん型がたうつ病びょうと診しん断だんされて休きゅう職しょくした。
He was diagnosed with new-type depression and took a leave from work.

Kanji

新new
型mould, type, model
病ill, sick
鬱gloom, depression, melancholy
欝gloom, depression, melancholy

Related words

うつ病びょう
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.

Built from

新しん型がた+うつ病びょう

Written forms

新しん型がたうつ病びょう
Most common spelling; uses the simpler うつ for 鬱.
新しん型がた鬱うつ病びょう
Uses the full kanji 鬱; more formal or technical appearance.
新しん型がた欝うつ病びょう
Variant with 欝, an older or less common form of 鬱.

Etymology

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.