The goal of this course is to help healthcare professionals learn about psychological disorders often suffered by people with diabetes.
Course Publication Date:
May 19, 2020
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Anita Rothera-Delaney RN, BS |
| Course No: | PDD121019 |
| Contact Hours: | 1.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Medical & Surgical Issues
Emergency & Trauma Medicine
Psychiatric & Mental Health
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Learning Objectives
Explain the relationship between diabetes and mental disorders common to people with diabetes, including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and adjustment disorders.
Identify subclinical psychological syndromes that might impair diabetes self-care.
Name four signs of an eating disorder in patients with diabetes.
Discuss three eating disorder diagnoses.
Describe atypical neuroleptics in the treatment of schizophrenia and the prevalence of diabetes.
Discuss sexual arousal disorder and causes of impotence in people with diabetes.
Name four symptoms of clinical anxiety disorder.
Describe criteria for adjustment disorder.
Discuss current counseling and psychotherapeutic treatments for the psychological problems that are common among people with diabetes.
Describe current pharmacologic treatments for the psychological problems that are common among people with diabetes.