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Link Between Diabetes and Depression?

Thu, 04/26/2001 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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Depression is twice as prevalent in people with diabetes than in similar people without diabetes, according to Greg Nichols, PhD, a senior researcher with Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, who presented his research at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association. He said that 75% of the time depression was diagnosed about four years prior to a diabetes diagnosis. He says that depression is a component of the "insulin resistance syndrome," which is a constellation of diseases including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease that are more common in people less sensitive to the effects of insulin.

Depression is twice as prevalent in people with diabetes than in similar people without diabetes, according to Greg Nichols, PhD, a senior researcher with Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, who presented his research at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association. He said that 75% of the time depression was diagnosed about four years prior to a diabetes diagnosis. He says that depression is a component of the "insulin resistance syndrome," which is a constellation of diseases including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease that are more common in people less sensitive to the effects of insulin.