Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is chronic, metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia. It has been widely observed that large proportion of patients show psychological resistance to the initiation of insulin treatment, and as a result they are exposed to many complications of diabetes. It was aimed to identify the perceptions and beliefs that cause psychological insulin resistance among Type 2 DM diagnosed patients, to determine relationship between sociodemographic data and these perceptions & beliefs. In research, 120 patients diagnosed with type 2 DM were included followed by outpatient clinic of Bursa Þevket Yýlmaz State Hospital Internal Medicine Unit. Patients were evaluated with socio-demographic information form, diabetes-related problem areas scale (PAID), insulin treatment assessment scale (ITAS), state and trait anxiety inventory (STAI), beck depression inventory (BDI). The average PAID score of patients is 63.75±13.88, BDI scores: 15.16±8.25, State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) subscale scores: 41.96±3.74, Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI) subscale scores: 46.80±5.52. Correlation was found between age, duration of diabetes, sex, marital status, education level, employment status, type of treatment, the level of importance of blood sugar regulation, the difficulty level of blood glucose adjustment,complications, currently treatment for depression and certain items of ITAS. Similarly, relationship was found between certain items of ITAS and total PAID scores, SAI subscale scores, TAI subscalescores. As a result, it has been found that patients have psychological resistant to start insulin therapy and this is caused by large number of negative perceptions and thoughts. Cognitive interventions for perceptions and thoughts can reduce psychological resistance to insulin therapy.

The importance of gender on phenomenology and course of bipolar illness has been an increased focus of study over recent years. The purpose of present study was to examine whether gender differences exist in the sociodemographic characterictics, age of onset, severity of disease, number & type of episodes, symptomatology and treatment response of bipolar disorder. The life charts of 300 (193 female; 107 male) patients with BD type-I were evaluated retrospectively. BD diagnosis of patients was given by two experienced clinicians in accordance with DSM-IV-TR criteria. A semi-structured chart which was developed to assess sociodemographic and clinical features of patients and “mirror design” method was utilized for the assessment of patients’ response patterns to maintenance treatment. Bipolar women were significantly more likely to have history of (at least one) any mood episode than bipolar men. However no significant gender differences emerged in number of manic or mix episodes; whereas, women had more depressive episodes. Frequency of psychotic episodes (at least one episode during lifetime) was higher for men than women.. There was also no significant gender difference in terms of response to lithium and anticonvulsant maintenance treatment, mean episode severity and age of onset. The results of the present study show that some gender differences may be evident in patients with BD-I. In the highlight of that investigators studying bipolar disorder may need to consider gender as a variable for assessment and treatment strategies.