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Published on: February 22, 2018
Depressive temperament, distress, psychological adjustment and depressive symptoms in type 2 diabetes
Carlos Gois1, Hagop Akiskal, Kareen Akiskal
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Santa Maria Hospital, Av. Professor Egas Moniz, Lisbon 1600, Portugal. carlosgois13@gmail.com
Abstract:
Major depression, depressive symptoms, distress with diabetes and psychological adjustment to type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are somehow overlapping constructs with shared covariance. Nevertheless, diabetes distress remains the most prevalent long-lasting factor associated with hyperglycemia in T2DM. This ought to be taken on account when treatment is planned, namely when one is looking for metabolic control and emotional distress integrative care. Temperament or other long-term individual characteristics may support the interplay of distress, psychological adjustment and depressive states in T2DM. Depressive temperament may constitute a vulnerability factor to behavioral or biological T2DM outcome or even a potential risk factor to T2DM later incidence.
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