This live session has been archived
Thu,
Apr 28, 2022 |
7:00PM -
8:30PM EDT
Humber River Health Presents
Improving Adherence in the Type 2 Diabetes patient: a Mental Health Perspective
Barry Simon, MD, FRCP
Topics: Diabetes, Mental Health, Type 2 Diabetes
This live session has been archived
Session evaluations are closed but you may download a copy of your certificate of attendance.
Moderated by: Dr. Arthur Kushner
Details
Objectives
- To understand the role of psychiatric co-morbidities in patients adherence, specifically in the patient with Type II Diabetes.
- To recognize that CGM can assist with the management of mental health issues in patients with Diabetes
- To apply simple coaching strategies to improve medication adherence in the patient with Type II Diabetes
Faculty
Barry Simon MD, FRCP
Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at University of Toronto, Consultant with the Leadership Centre for Diabetes at Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Barry Simon MD FRCP is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a Consultant with the Leadership Centre for Diabetes at Mount Sinai Hospital where he improves diabetes adherence in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. For the past two decades he has educated dietitians, family doctors and medical specialists on effective motivational and psychological strategies to improve diabetes adherence, the mental health issues in chronic illness and managing binge eating disorder.