Long-term mental health conditions are considered to be a disability in some countries. Long-lasting depression, known as clinical depression, is defined as a psychiatric disability in the United States, for example. In the UK, the Equality Act of 2010 states that a diagnosed mental condition that has lasted – or is likely to last – at least twelve months should be considered as a disability in just the same way that a physical disability would. Normal, day-to-day activities must be negatively impacted by such a condition for it to count, however. The UK government lists dementia, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and OCD as the sort of conditions that might have this effect. Under British law, employers have certain legal duties with regard to disabled employees, which they must discharge even if the disability is down to a mental condition, not a physical one.