Poongothai Subramani, Anjana Ranjit Mohan, Radha Shankar, Sundari Balasundaram Bhavani, Shanthi Rani Coimbatore Subramanyam, Mohan Viswanathan
Senior Scientist and Head-Clinical Trials Operations, Department of Clinical Trials.
Vice President and Managing Director, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2017 Aug;65(8):60-66.
Depression is one of the most common chronic mental illnesses globally and in India. It has been reported that depression is twice as common in individuals with type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of both depression and type 2 diabetes are rapidly increasing. This article reviews the prevalence of depression in the general population as well as in patients with type 2 diabetes and its complications with special reference to recent data from India. It also makes a case for screening for depression in diabetes clinics and integrating depression treatment with diabetes care in order to make the treatment more wholistic.
抑郁症是全球及印度最常见的慢性精神疾病之一。据报道,抑郁症在2型糖尿病患者中更为常见,其患病率是普通人的两倍。抑郁症和2型糖尿病的患病率都在迅速上升。本文回顾了普通人群以及2型糖尿病患者及其并发症中抑郁症的患病率,并特别参考了来自印度的最新数据。文章还主张在糖尿病诊所对抑郁症进行筛查,并将抑郁症治疗与糖尿病护理相结合,以使治疗更加全面。