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Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes

Cognitive Functioning
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

Early research in cognitive functioning focused on type 2 diabetes as a theoretical model of accelerated aging [e.g., Kent (101)] but, more recently, there has been interest in potential changes in cognition that…


 

Social Support
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

Social support can be defined as the availability of close family, friends, and other significant people in the individual’s life that is provided through the individual’s social network (86).

There is general agreement…


 

Eating Disorders
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

Although community prevalence rates of 1% for anorexia nervosa and 3% for bulimia nervosa can occur among young women, these disorders are not common in the older age group (over 40 years) when type 2…


 

Alcohol Dependency and Abuse
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

Alcohol use disorders involve four problem areas:

  • A strong need, or urge, to drink (craving)
  • Not being able to stop drinking once drinking has begun (loss of control)
  • Withdrawal…

 

Anxiety - Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

Although not as well studied in diabetes, some research suggests anxiety disorders are more common in adults with type 2 diabetes than the general population (66 -…


 

Major Depression
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

MAJOR DEPRESSION
Major depression is the most severe form of depression. 

The essential feature of major depression is depressed mood, or loss of interest in usual activities, which is experienced most of the…


 

Stress and Blood Glucose Control
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

STRESS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL
Psychological stress has significant effects on the metabolism on individuals without diabetes by increasing counterregulatory hormones,  which could result in elevated blood sugars, among other impacts.…


 

Diabetes-Related Emotional Distress
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

It is common for patients to experience emotional distress from living with diabetes and the impact of its complications. The terms “diabetes burnout” (32) and “diabetes overwhel-mus” (30) have been…


 

The Psychological and Social Impact of Type 2 Diabetes
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

The patient with type 2 diabetes must adjust to a demanding treatment regimen and the eventual onset of diabetes-related complications (24 - 28). In this section…


 

Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes
• Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes • Sep 10 08

INTRODUCTION
This section briefly discusses the social and cultural forces that are driving up both obesity and type 2 diabetes rates to epidemic levels in the United States.

It…


 
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