Comorbid diabetes and depression: do E-health treatments achieve better diabetes control?

Genetic Aspects of Diabetes and Comorbid Depression

A collaborative care intervention improved depression outcomes, but not glycaemic control, in diabetes and comorbid depression.

Katon WJ, Von Korff M, Lin EHB, et al. The Pathways Study: a randomized trial of collaborative care in patients with diabetes and depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2004;61:1042–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Treatment Implications for Comorbid Diabetes Mellitus and Depression

Major depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus are common chronic illnesses within the general US population, with prevalence rates of approximately 5% to 10% and 11%, respectively.1,2 Moreover, depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus, individually, can be among the most disabling chronic disorders one can acquire, and when they occur comorbidly, they are even more detrimental. Together they exh...

Neurocognitive impairment and comorbid depression in patients of diabetes mellitus

This study was conducted to find out the association of diabetes mellitus with cognitive functioning and depressive features. We included 50 diabetic and 30 control subjects who were screened on the basis of various inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then, a history of variables under study was taken and respective laboratory investigations were noted. First, the Becks Depression Inventory (BDI)...

Comorbid depression and diabetes mellitus: a double whammy

Depression is commonly found as a comorbid condition in chronic medical illnesses in general, and diabetes mellitus in particular. Patients with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer from depression as compared to the general population. The relationship between depression and diabetes has been argued to be essentially bi-directional. Coexistence of diabetes and depression is associated with p...