PSYCH 147: Diabetes - Psychosocial Issues and Psychiatric Disorders
making mental health inseparable from metabolic health.
Episode Description
Medlock Holmes enters The Metabolic Control Room, an immense Neo-Victorian chamber built around a glowing bloodstream. At its centre sits a vast brass dial labelled GLUCOSE, connected to the pancreas, brain, heart, kidneys, eyes and peripheral nerves.
At first, the machinery seems straightforward.
In type 1 diabetes, autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells leaves the body producing little or no insulin.
In type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance dominates initially, often followed over time by declining insulin…
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