@article{ref1,
title="Brief report: Depression and history of suicide attempts in adults with new-onset Type 2 diabetes",
journal="Psychoneuroendocrinology",
year="2013",
author="Myers, Alyson K. and Grannemann, Bruce D. and Lingvay, Ildiko and Trivedi, Madhukar H.",
volume="38",
number="11",
pages="2810-2814",
abstract="AIM: To assess past suicide attempts in a cohort of adults with Type 2 Diabetes diagnosed within the prior 24 months. METHODS: Outpatients were recruited from diabetes education classes or diabetes shared medical appointment. Participants aged 18 or over with a self-reported diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) in the prior 24 months completed questionnaires about medical (including diabetes), psychiatric, and social history. Participants also completed two screening questionnaires for depression: Patient Health Questionnaire 9 and the Questionnaire Inventory for Depressive Symptoms-Self Report. Those who screened positive for depression had confirmatory testing with a clinician administered Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) checklist. RESULTS: In this convenience sample of 145 patients with Type 2 Diabetes, 9.7% of patients had history of a suicide attempt and 38.2% met diagnosis for major depressive disorder (MDD). Patients with MDD were more likely to have a history of suicide attempts than those without MDD (p=0.0002). Of the patients with prior suicide attempts, 50% screened positive for MDD at the time of the survey. CONCLUSION: In patients with newly-diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes the rate of past suicide attempts was nearly 10%, which is twice the rate seen in the general population. The rate of past suicide attempts in currently depressed patients with diabetes is 21.8%. These findings suggest the need for monitoring patients with diabetes and depression for future suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4530",
doi="10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.013"
}