title: Does psychological stress cause diabetes?
abstract: Many patients believe that their diabetes has been caused by stress or an adverse life event. Whereas there is strong evidence that psychological stress is related to a deterioration in glycaemic control in established diabetes, there is much less evidence that psychological stress can cause diabetes in humans de novo. It seems more likely that psychological stress produces a deterioration in glycaemia in the non-symptomatic patient which in turn makes diabetic symptoms and the diagnosis evident. The pathogenic mechanisms which have been suggested to relate psychological stress to diabetes are described and reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Wales
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000145:classification; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000145:classification