Depression and Diabetes

Wayne Katon, Mario Maj, Norman Sartorius, Wayne Katon, Mario Maj, Norman Sartorius

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9780470688380
• eBook ISBN: 9781119957478
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and various physical diseases. The WPA is providing an update of currently available evidence on these interrelationships by the publication of three books, dealing with the comorbidity of depression with diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Depression is a frequent and serious comorbid condition in diabetes, which adversely affects quality of life and the long-term prognosis. Co-occurrent depression presents peculiar clinical challenges, making both conditions harder to manage.

Depression and Diabetes is the first book devoted to the interaction between these common disorders. World leaders in diabetes, depression and public health synthesize current evidence, including some previously unpublished data, in a concise, easy-to-read format. They provide an overview of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, medical costs, management, and public health and cultural implications of the comorbidity between depression and diabetes. The book describes how the negative consequences of depression in diabetes could be avoided, given that effective depression treatments for diabetic patients are available.

Its practical approach makes the book ideal for all those involved in the management of these patients: psychiatrists, psychologists, diabetologists, general practitioners, diabetes specialist nurses and mental health nurses.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title page
• Copytright
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1: The Epidemiology of Depression and Diabetes
• CHAPTER 2: Unraveling the Pathogenesis of the Depression–Diabetes Link
• CHAPTER 3: Medical Costs of Depression and Diabetes
• CHAPTER 4: Treatment of Depression in Patients with Diabetes: Efficacy, Effectiveness and Maintenance Trials, and New Service Models
• CHAPTER 5: Diabetes and Depression: Management in Ordinary Clinical Conditions
• CHAPTER 6: Depression and Diabetes: Sociodemographic and Cultural Aspects and Public Health Implications
• Acknowledgement
• Index