Mental Health

Patients with diabetes are two times more likely to present with symptoms of depression; how does this affect diabetes outcomes?

Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes increase the risk of depression.

Paula Trief, PhD received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Syracuse University. She joined the faculty at SUNY Upstate Medical University in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences in 1993. She is currently a tenured Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, with joint appointments in the departments of Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery. Academically, she is an active behavioral science researcher, studying behavioral interventions for patients with diabetes. Her current RO1 studies factors that predict medication adherence and healthcare usage in emerging adults with type 2 diabetes.

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.