Patients With Type 1 Diabetes And Those With Type 2 Diabetes May Have Different Depression Profiles

reports that “patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) had very different profiles of depression,” researchers concluded. In fact, the study revealed that “patients with T2D had traits of atypical depression, whereas those with T1D and depression exhibited traits of melancholia.” Included in the study were 24 patients with T2D and 148 patients with T1D. The findings were published online Sept. 20 in BMC Psychiatry. http://www.endocrinologyadvisor.com/type-2-diabetes/types-of-depression-in-type-1-diabetes-vs-type-2-diabetes/article/703295/