Leonard Lipson, M.A. Articles

Exuberance Over Exubera: Some Cautionary Notes

We appreciate the over 3000 readers who have requested more information on Exubera. You obviously have an intense interest in finding out the right way to use this exciting new medicine for your patients. Leonard Lipson, M.A. Psychology, LMHC takes a look at some of the psychological challenges that this new medicine could present.

Diabetes & Depression: What’s Going On and

To quote the lyrics from a song long ago, “Something’s happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” That there are connections between depression and diabetes has been established. The exact nature of those connections is under investigation. Obviously, we can’t sit around waiting for the last word on whether Diabetes causes Depression or vise versa before taking the connections seriously. Both conditions are life altering and life threatening and together, are cause for legitimate alarm.

The Mind and Diabetes: Their Many Connections

My college’s motto was “The Truth Shall Make You Free.” It’s a noble sounding idea but, like a lot of what I learned during those years, many things in life are not quite that simple. Effective management of diabetes certainly requires truthful information. Following the motto, we would then expect this truth to set patients free. Once informed of the effective way to treat their disease, the incidents of heart attacks, stroke, blindness, neuropathy and kidney failure should all return to the levels found in the general population, right? Anyone who has worked with a diabetic population or who struggles with the disease themselves, can tell you that it’s just not that simple.