Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00215:reg:9:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00215
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 25515–28598

mental health is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(30)      having a sleep-wake disorder for the 1 year before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
Note: Examples of sleep-wake disorders include chronic insomnia disorder, hypersomnolence disorder, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and untreated obstructive sleep apnoea.
(31)      having an injury which is life-threatening or which results in serious physical or cognitive disability, within the 3 years before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
(32)      having a severe, chronic medical condition for at least the 5 years before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
Note: severe, chronic medical condition is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(33)      having epilepsy at the time of the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
(34)      having persistent pain of at least 6 months duration at the time of the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
Note: persistent pain is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(35)      experiencing pregnancy or the first 12 months after childbirth as a parent, at the time of the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
(36)      having another medical condition, including an endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, infectious or neurological disorder, where the signs or symptoms of depression are directly related to the pathological process of the medical condition and not solely due to its psychosocial stress effects, at the time of the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
(37)      taking mefloquine or corticosteroids, excluding topical or inhaled corticosteroids, within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder, where depressive disorder persists after the discontinuation or tapering of mefloquine or corticosteroid therapy;
(38)      using a psychoactive substance from the specified list of psychoactive substances at an intoxicant dose within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
Note: intoxicant dose and specified list of psychoactive substances are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(39)      taking a drug that cannot be ceased or substituted in the long term and which is associated in the individual with the worsening of depressive symptoms during drug therapy and either:
(a)          the improvement of depressive symptoms within days or weeks of discontinuing or tapering drug therapy; or
(b)          the worsening of depressive symptoms on rechallenge with the same drug;
         where the drug was being taken within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
(40)      using a psychoactive chemical or substance at an intoxicant dose, which is associated in the individual with the worsening of depressive symptoms, and where the psychoactive chemical or substance was being taken within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of depressive disorder;
Note: intoxicant dose is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(41)      having ceased or reduced therapeutic or illicit drug use or other substance