Young people with diabetes were four times more likely to be hospitalized for mental health or substance use treatment in 2014 than were young adults without the disease!
Depression is two to three times more common among young people with diabetes than those that don’t have the disease, said Tina Drossos, a clinical psychologist at the University of Chicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center. To read more click the link below-
http://khn.org/news/diabetes-linked-to-risk-of-mental-health-hospitalization-in-young-adults-study/