In this Exclusive Interview transcript, psychologist Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about the role of mental health in diabetes and how partners of people with diabetes can be of support in diabetes care.

In this Exclusive Interview, psychologist Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about how partners of people with diabetes can be of support in diabetes care.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about ways the partners of people with diabetes can be of help.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the importance of communication between partners who are living with an ongoing health condition such as diabetes.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the results of a couples intervention trial, the Diabetes Support Project.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the importance of education for the partner of a person with diabetes, among other things they can do to be of support.

In part 5, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, Paula Trief talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the necessity of including mental health care in overall diabetes care, but also the need to show insurance companies how mental health services can contribute.

Impaired awareness of hypoglycemia tied to greater amounts of time spent with glucose <70, <54 mg/dL

A1c misclassified 73.07 percent of diabetes mellitus cases defined by oral glucose tolerance test