Type 1 Diabetes
WHO WE ARE
BDI, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in San Diego, California, focuses on addressing the social, emotional, and psychological barriers to living a long and healthy life with diabetes. To better understand and overcome these obstacles, BDI is actively engaged in research examining the psychological aspects of diabetes and evaluating innovative behavioral interventions. In addition, BDI directly offers an array of unique, behaviorally-oriented products and services for: people with type 1 diabetes; people with type 2 diabetes; parents of children and teens with diabetes; spouses and partners of people with diabetes; and interested health care professionals. Products and services include print materials; online courses and modules, face-to-face workshops and seminars, professional training programs, and an online library of resources.
We invite you to explore the resources available to you from BDI. We also welcome your suggestions for additional resources that might be added to our web site. Thank you!
UPCOMING EVENTS
BDI will host our next case consultation meeting (for mental health professionals working in the field of diabetes). Contact us at info@behavioraldiabetes.org if you are in the greater San Diego area and would like further information about this program and about our future meetings.
May 5, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Dr. Polonsky will be presenting on “Real-Life Emotional Impact of T1D”, for the North Carolina Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes and Research Foundation (JDRF). Want to joins us? Register here.
May 25, 2021
BDI’s The Problem of Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Care: An Integrative Overview of the Latest Behavioral, Pharmacological and Technological Solutions one-day virtual CME training program
June 5, 2021
LATEST NEWS
Welcome to BDI’s May 2021 update!
May events:
May 5: BDI will host our next, San Diego-wide, case consultation meeting (for mental health professionals working in the field of diabetes). Contact us at info@behavioraldiabetes.org if you are in the greater San Diego area and would like further information about this program and about our future meetings.
May 25: Dr. Polonsky will be presenting on “Real-Life Emotional Impact of T1D”, for the North Carolina Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes and Research Foundation (JDRF). Want to joins us? Register here!
And don’t forget about June 5: For all interested healthcare professionals, BDI will offer its next one-day virtual CME training program, “The Problem of Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Care: An Integrative Overview of the Latest Behavioral, Pharmacological and Technological Solutions”, for Saturday, June 5. Join us for a fun and informative day. The program, co-led by Drs. Polonsky and Guzman, will again be virtual. Registration is open now!
Professional publications:
BDI staff served as co-authors on two new publications this month:
- “Hyperglycemia aversiveness: Investigating an overlooked problem among adults with type 1 diabetes.” Published in Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, this paper investigates the problem of adults with type 1 diabetes who purposefully keep their glucose levels low, and sometimes much too low.
- “Overcoming psychological insulin resistance: A practical guide for healthcare professionals.” Published in Primary Care Diabetes, the authors put forward a series of recommended strategies when working with people with type 2 diabetes who are reluctant to start using insulin.
Don’t forget about BDI’s ever-expanding video CME series:
Our acclaimed online CME program, “Critical Psychosocial Issues in Diabetes”, now includes 20 bite-sized, web-based videos, grouped in three core modules: “Difficult Psychosocial Challenges in Diabetes”, “Everyday Psychosocial Interventions for Your Diabetes Toolkit” and “Enhancing Communication Between Patients and Healthcare Professionals”. Thanks to the generous support of Dexcom, Novo Nordisk and Abbott, these are available at no cost to health care professionals. You can view them all right here: https://cpd.ucsd.edu/psychosocialdiabetes/modules.html
