Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorders

Schizophrenia Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Patients with early schizophrenia may have already started down the road to diabetes, even prior to actual diagnosis.

A study suggests that individuals with schizophrenia are 3 times as likely to have type 2 diabetes. People with early schizophrenia therefore may have already started down the road to diabetes, even prior to actual diagnosis.