According to NICE, people who are diagnosed with a chronic physical health problem such as diabetes are 3 times more likely to be diagnosed with depression than people without it.
Depression can have a serious impact on a person's wellbeing and their ability and motivation to self-manage their condition.
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder witnessed in the diabetes community.
People with diabetes suffering from depression are at greater risk of suffering from an episode of diabetic burnout which collectively can have adverse effects on physical health and potentially instigate more long term complications both to do with diabetes and independent from the condition.
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