An Intolerable Burden: Suicide, Intended Self-Injury and Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus can refer to any 1 of a series of metabolic disorders having a common feature of inadequate insulin production capable of maintaining appropriate glycemic levels (1). Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) represents the most common form of the disease, affecting some 90% to 95% of those diagnosed with the disorder (1). With rising rates of obesity, a diagnosis of T2D increasingly occurs in adolescents and early adulthood (1), but...