Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme
Online diabetes training for health and social care staff
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Mental Health and Diabetes
This topic explores the impact of living with diabetes on someone's mental health and vice versa.
Depending on your chosen CDEP level, this topic aims to support you:
- Be aware of the prevalence and range of mental health issues in people living with diabetes. Be aware of the prevalence and range of mental health issues in people living with diabetes. 1
- Appreciate the impact of mental health on a person's ability to self-manage and be able to encourage appropriate self-care strategies. Appreciate the impact of mental health on a person's ability to self-manage and be able to encourage appropriate self-care strategies. 2
- Be aware of key tools used to detect mental health difficulties and when they might be used. Be aware of key tools used to detect mental health difficulties and when they might be used. 3
- Be able to provide first-line mental health support and trigger local referral pathways if further input is required. Be able to provide first-line mental health support and trigger local referral pathways if further input is required. 4
