Abstract

BARROSO LORENZO, Alina; CASTILLO YZQUIERDO, Gladys Cecilia; BENITEZ GORT, Nadieska  and  LEYVA CASTELLS, Alina. Impact and treatment of psychosocial aspects of type 1 diabetes mellitus in adolescents. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2015, vol.87, n.1, pp. 92-101. ISSN 1561-3119.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the commonest endocrinopathy in children and adolescents, with a rising tendency of world incidence. It is a chronic disease with lifetime treatment, limitations and complications that are more difficult to manage at adolescence, a phase in which a number of tasks inherent to individual development must be complied in order to assure his/her normal growth into adulthood, in addition to overcoming the difficulties of the disease as such. During the process, the coping mechanisms of patients and relatives may be non adaptive. Family dysfunction and emotional disorders like depression are frequent causes of bad metabolic control. Liaison psychiatry is a fundamental tool for diagnosis and treatment of these alterations. Despite their importance, there are not enough publications on this topic in our setting, so the objective of this paper was to provide theoretical elements on the psychosocial aspects of diabetic adolescents.

Keywords : diabetes mellitus; adolescents; liaison psychiatry.

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