This exploration of key psychological interventions in diabetes care provides clinicians with a better understanding of their patients, and is also full of simple skills and tips that help medical practitioners manage their diabetes patients more effectively.

Psychology and Diabetes Care: A Practical Guide is a concise handbook for the practicing diabetes clinician who is interested in gaining a better understanding of his patients, and in learning simple skills and tips to manage patients more effectively. It identifies and explores key psychological interventions in diabetes care in order to help healthcare professionals support their patients effectively. Edited by an expert on the psychology of diabetes, and with contributions from a group of specialists in diabetes psychology, this book contains a myriad of insights into how to understand and treat the type 1 or type 2 diabetes patient.

Each chapter includes a 'tips and tricks' or 'key point summary' section for quick gleaning by the reader The contributors comprising a mixture of psychologists and medical doctors, this book is carefully balanced to be clinically applicable whilst drawing from a deep understanding of psychology New areas such as intensive insulin therapies and technologies such as continuous glucose monitoring are explored in detail in terms of their psychological impact The key issue of depression and depressive symptomatology will be explored and the implications of poor mental health for practice will be considered Up to date or current policy/empirical research integrated into the chapters

Klappentext

Psychological issues are increasingly recognised to be of high importance in diabetes management. Understanding the psychosocial barriers facing individuals and their families and being able to provide the tools to support them to overcome those barriers is an essential part of diabetes care.

Psychology and Diabetes Care: A Practical Guide is a concise handbook for the practicing diabetes clinician who is interested in gaining a better understanding of their patients, and in learning effective skills to better support patients. The book explores common psychological problems associated with diabetes, gives insight into how diabetes is experienced in children, adolescents and special groups, and provides practical advice on providing psychological support to individuals with this serious long-term condition.

Zusammenfassung
Psychology and Diabetes Care: A Practical Guide is a concise handbook for the practicing diabetes clinician who is interested in gaining a better understanding of his patients, and in learning simple skills and tips to manage patients more effectively.

Inhalt

1. Psychological Burden of Diabetes and What it Means to People with Diabetes.- 2. A Patient's Perspective.- 3. Supporting Resilience and Positive Outcomes in Families, Children and Adolescents.- 4. Adolescence.- 5. Diabetes and Special Groups.- 6. Tips and Tricks on Effective Communication with people with diabetesHelping People Achieve Their Goals whilst Achieving Your Own.- 7. Supporting health behaviour change in general practice.