A descriptive study of the psychiatric findings in 50 insulin--dependent diabetics is presented. Among the symptoms found were a marked reduction in energy level, increased fatigue and irritability, depression, and delayed psychosexual maturation. Diabetes mellitus is commonly considered to be a disease that, if properly controlled, allows the patient to lead a relatively normal life. We found,...

Recent research confirms that a range of psycho logical problems and psychiatric disorders are common in people with diabetes. Such problems are important not only because of the suffering caused, but also because of their impact upon the management and outcome of the diabetes itself. This article reviews the psychosocial impact of diabetes and its treatment, describes the range of psychologica...

Pain represents a frequent symptom in various psychiatric disorders ranging from so called psychogenic or somatoform disorders to depression, to schizophrenia and to organic brain syndromes including dementia. Th alamic lesions are long known to induce painful symptoms. Th e cortex is involved in pain awareness. Th e locus coeruleus modulates pain perception. Various facets of pain in a range o...

SOMATIC illnesses are accompanied by psychological reactions in major or minor form, varying accordiing to the nature and severity of the disorder, the age, sex, personalitv structure and intelligence of the patient. Moreover, emotional experiences are known to have somatic concomitants and consequently a psychic disturbance mav be expressed through physical symptoms. For example, it is widely ...