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Psychiatric morbidity in young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Richard Mayou ,
Robert Peveler ,
Beverley Davies ,
Jim Mann  and
Christopher Fairburn
Richard Mayou*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Robert Peveler
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Beverley Davies
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Jim Mann
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Christopher Fairburn
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr R. A. Mayou, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford 0X3 7JX.
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Synopsis

Psychiatric disorder and sub-threshold psychological distress were more common in 113 young men and women with insulin-dependent diabetes living in a defined area than in comparable general population samples. Twelve per cent of men and 19% of women were classified by the PSE as psychiatric ‘cases’. Forty per cent of women and 47% of men reported at least one major social problem; effects of diabetes on everyday activities were common.

There were associations between medical and social variables. The clinical implications are discussed.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , August 1991 , pp. 639 - 645
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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