title: Diabetes and schizophrenia--a preliminary study.
abstract: The results of a small scale retrospective study are presented. The study was initiated to determine the incidence of diabetes in long-stay patients in two psychiatric hospitals in Northern Ireland and to attempt to define whether there was a relationship between the two disease states, schizophrenia and diabetes mellitus. There was a higher percentage of diabetics in the two institutions than was expected. It was concluded that drug therapy of the mental illness may have had a contributory effect on the subsequent development of diabetes mellitus.
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents