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Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports 1/2012

01-02-2012 | MEDICOPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS (WJ KATON, SECTION EDITOR)

Serious Psychological Distress and Diabetes: A Review of the Literature

Authors: Leonard E. Egede, Clara E. Dismuke

Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Issue 1/2012

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Abstract

With the development of a measure of serious psychological distress (SPD) in 2002, more attention is being paid to the association of SPD with diabetes outcomes and processes of care. We review the literature on the relationship between SPD and diabetes processes of care and outcomes, as well as the literature on the relationship between specific mental health diagnoses and diabetes processes of care and outcomes during the 2010 to 2011 period. There is an extensive literature on the association of mental health diagnoses with diabetes outcomes, especially for depression. Because the Kessler scale measures a much broader range of mental health issues than any specific DSM-IV/Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders diagnosis and is designed to assess SPD at the population level, additional research needs to be conducted both in clinical settings and using large administrative datasets to examine the association between SPD and diabetes outcomes and processes of care.
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Metadata
Title
Serious Psychological Distress and Diabetes: A Review of the Literature
Authors
Leonard E. Egede
Clara E. Dismuke
Publication date
01-02-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Psychiatry Reports / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-011-0240-0

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