Psychiatric Aspects of Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

A descriptive study of the psychiatric findings in 50 insulin-dependent diabetics is presented. Among the symptoms found was a marked reduced 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. These symptoms often made the patients'' lives uncomfortable, reduced their functional capacity, disrupted their family life and disturbed the adolescence of those who were affected at an early age.