Quality of life in individuals with serious mental illness and type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes is a pervasive metabolic disease that disproportionately affects persons with serious mental illness. The authors studied the effect of diabetes on quality of life in a sample of 369 adult outpatients with schizophrenia or major mood disorder, 201 of whom had type 2 diabetes. Patients with diabetes reported greater impairment in both physical and mental-health quality of life than those without diabetes.

Association between cognitive functioning and employment status of persons with bipolar disorder.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify variables associated with employment status among persons with bipolar disorder, including cognitive functioning, severity of symptoms, demographic variables, and variables related to course of illness.

Methods: The authors assessed the current employment status of 117 persons with bipolar disorder. Study participants' cognitive functioning was evaluated with the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, the information and letter-number sequencing subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III, and part A of the Trail Making Test.