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
Location: Virtual
Date/Time: Thursday, May 5, 2022, 1 PM - 3 PM Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Language: English
Other Info: Please indicate a need for any accommodations during registration.
Continuing Education: Attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
This event has been approved for 2 hours of CHES (entry-level) / MCHES (advanced-level) Category I continuing education contact hours by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).
