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PINEDA, N et al. Aspectos Psicológicos y Personales en el manejo de la Diabetes Mellitus. AVFT [online]. 2004, vol.23, n.1, pp.13-17. ISSN 0798-0264.

The main objective of this study was to examine different results obtained from diverse researches about type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment in the psychology health area. An thorough evaluation of recent investigations in this area was developed, with results that show that as today psychiatric disorders and psychological alterations have become a public health problem that has increased with time and that affects symptomatic populations as well as the over all general population. Even though there’s an association between psychiatric disorders and personality types with chronic complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and the obvious implication of these disorders in the effects of treatment, the adapting process in these patients to new life styles is hard. There are few studies in the psyconeuroendocrinology area and psychological treatment has been rare, which is why there’s an evident need to expand this research area so we can be able to offer patients the care they need from a multidisciplinary point of view.

Palavras-chave : Psychology health; Type 2 diabetic.