RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Helwick, Caroline
T1 Diabetes and Mental Illness
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2007
FD SAGE Publications
VO 7
IS 6
SP 16
OP 18
DO 10.1177/155989770700700612
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/6/16.abstract
AB A study of Dutch subjects [Cohen D et al. Diabetes Care 2006] found previously undiagnosed diabetes in 14.5% of subjects with severe mental illness versus 1.5% in the general population. This and other studies have also found a high frequency of impaired glucose tolerance among the severely mentally ill. This article discusses the role of antipsychotic drugs, the management of metabolic issues in psychiatric patients, and diabetes and depression.