Abstract
Type 1 diabetes is a burdensome disease because of its early age onset, the necessity of injecting insulin, society's lack of understanding and compassion for people who are "different". For these reasons, the psychosocial problems of type 1 diabetes patients are frequented and generally severe. Of 250 type 1 diabetes patients with psychosocial problems who were referred to our department, approximately 70% had a concurrent clinical eating disorder. It has been reported that about 10% of young female type 1 diabetes patients have an eating disorder, which leads to severe medical problems such as very poor glycemic control and the early emergence and development of diabetic complications. Self-destructive behaviors, such as the inappropriate use of insulin, are also severe problems for these patients. In this paper, the author mainly discusses the appearance of and treatment measures for these two problems.
