Diabetes Risk Following Mental Disorders

This is the third in a series of posts looking at a recent research study of mental disorders and risk for later medical illnesses.

In this graph I has summarized data from the manuscript below on mental disorders associated with later risk of diabetes mellitus.

Two eating disorders, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder were both associated with a tripling of the rate for a later diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Both of these eating disorders are linked to overweight and obesity possibly explaining the later association with diabetes.

Mood disorders and anxiety disorders panic disorder and agoraphobia also were associated with a later diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. One concern with this finding is the potential for drugs used for mood and anxiety disorders to increase weight.

I will finish out this series in the next post on mental disorders linked to later chronic paid disorder.

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Scott KM, Lim C, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Bruffaerts R, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, Hu C, de Jonge P, Kawakami N, Medina-Mora ME, Moskalewicz J, Navarro-Mateu F, O'Neill S, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Torres Y, & Kessler RC (2015). Association of Mental Disorders With Subsequent Chronic Physical Conditions: World Mental Health Surveys From 17 Countries. JAMA psychiatry, 1-9 PMID: 26719969