DIABETES AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

Diabetes is a highly prevalent, chronic disease that requires ongoing, multi-specialty medical care combined with patient self-management, family support, and education to preventor delay end-organ morbidity and mortality. there is clearly on increased prevalence of major depressive disorder, a relatively common and costly central nervous system syndrome, in diabetic patients. during the past two decades, multiple studies reveal that not only are depressive symptoms a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes, but they have also been shown to contribute to hyperglycemia, diabetic complications, functional disability and all-cause mortality among diabetic patients. this article was prepared in order to reviews studies examining the relationship between cognitive disfunction and diabetes. collaborative care and the patient-centered medical home have emerged as potentially effective interventions to improve quality of care and patient outcomes in patients with depression and medical illnesses such as diabetes.