Diabetes and depression. A study

Scientific Study from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Other, , language: English, abstract: Diabetes and depression are highly prevalent chronic conditions that have significant impact on health outcomes. This study tested and examined the effects and the connection between diabetes and enhancing the risk of depression, undoubtedly the relation is there, several studies suggest that diabetes doubles the risk of depression. Additionally, the emergence of diabetes-related health problems increases depression risk furthermore, and the reason behind this correlation is still unknown. Correspondingly, diabetes' metabolic effects on brain function in addition to the toll day-to-day management can take are suggested by some researchers to be the cause. In a context of the potential epidemic nature of both diabetes mellitus and depression, and the negative effects reported in cases of comorbidity, this review suggests that the association of the two conditions is multifaceted. Community studies reported increased risks of prevalent depression and incident depression among diabetic patients. In fact, the finding that supports psychosomatic hypotheses regarding the increased risk of diabetes among depressed patients is more consistent. A recent pertinent finding is the increased risk of diabetes presented in depression that is generally found in the community, namely non-severe, persistent, untreated depression. Above all, the proposal that all clinically relevant cases of depression found in the community should be treated sounds logical due to the negative implications of the comorbidity of diabetes and depression. Anyways, the documentation of the efficacy of treatment of depression and the safety of antidepressant use in cases of comorbidity through new studies seems to be obligatory.