Clinical and psychopathological characterization of patients with diabetes mellitus complicated by depression

Maka Korkelia, George Naneishvili

Research Institute of Psychiatry, Tbilisi, Georgia;
Department of Physiology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia

Epidemiologic trials showed that the depression occurs 3 times more often among the patients with the D.M. than among the ordinary population. We decided to study the early forms of depression of patients with D.M. and their clinical peculiarity. We were observing 115 patients with D.M. without any complication. The population was chosen in the D.M. center. There were 56 patients with type I D.M.; 32 men, 24 women at the age of 42,67,1; 59 patients with Type II D.M.; 32 men, 27 women at the age of 52,37,1. They did not undergo a course of insulinotherapy. Hamilton's estimate scale was used to show the early period of depression. From 115 patients with D.M. 61 patients had not the signs of depression. We came to the conclusion that the both types of D.M. had symptoms of depression with pathognomic signs especially among the patients of type II. The patients with D.M. have depression, nervousness, psychometric agitation and suicidal tendency. The D.M. patients without any complications have moderate depression.

Keywords:  depression, diabetes mellitus