Depression and Disease--- This has been such a substantial area of

inquiry in recent years the terms have almost been intertwined.

Work in diabetes suggests that people who are depressed are less

likely to adhere to a treatment regime and more likely to have

problems coping.

Work in the diabetic foot suggests that a) there are probably more

people who are clinically depressed than we previously thought and b)

there seems to be an association between depression, foot

complications, and mortality.

With me is one of the leading lights in the area of diabetes,

depression, and behavior. He is Mark Peyrot, Professor of Sociology at

Loyola College.

He will discuss simple questions we can ask and actions we can take—

even in a busy clinic—to make a difference in the lives of our patients.