Description: In this workshop, attendees will learn about depression, anxiety, diabetes distress, and other mental health comorbities that affect people with diabetes. Attendees will learn how to screen for and assess psychosocial challenges, and how to support evidence-based program participant mental health through appropriate self-help techniques and referrals.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the role mental health plays in a person’s ability to manage their chronic disease(s).
- Apply standardized tools to assess for depression and anxiety.
- Identify self-help techniques to support mental health in a person with diabetes.
- List possible behavioral health referral resources.
Trainer: Mark Heyman, PhD, CDCES
Director
Center for Diabetes and Mental Health
Location: Virtual
Date/Time: April 20, 2021, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Language: English
Maximum Attendance: 50
Other Info: Live captioning for this webinar is available upon request. Please indicate a need for any accommodations during registration.
Continuing Education: Attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
Application for CHES (entry-level) / MCHES (advanced-level) Category I continuing education contact hours (CECH) has been made to the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).
