新しん型がたうつ

Meanings

new-type depression; atypical depression

A colloquial term for a form of depression where symptoms appear mainly in work or school settings and improve outside those environments. Not a formal clinical diagnosis.

新しん型がたうつは、職しょく場ばでは落おち込こむが、休きゅう日じつには元げん気きになる傾けい向こうがある。
New-type depression tends to make one feel down at work but energetic on days off.
彼かれは新しん型がたうつと診しん断だんされ、会かい社しゃを休きゅう職しょくしている。
He was diagnosed with new-type depression and is on leave from work.

Kanji

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

Related words

うつ病びょう
うつ病 is the standard medical term for clinical depression, while 新型うつ is a colloquial label for a pattern where depression is situation-specific.
適てき応おう障しょう害がい
適応障害 (adjustment disorder) is a formal diagnosis that may overlap with the concept of 新型うつ, but 新型うつ is not an official diagnosis.

Written forms

新しん型がたうつ
Most common spelling; uses the simpler うつ for 'depression'.
新しん型がた鬱うつ
Uses the formal kanji 鬱 for 'depression'; less common in everyday writing.
新しん型がた欝うつ
Variant using the older character 欝; rarely seen.

Etymology

Compound of 新型 (new type) and うつ (depression, from 鬱). The term emerged in Japanese media and popular discourse to describe a perceived modern pattern of depression.