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
Dr. Guzman (BDI’s Director of Clinical Education) will be a featured speaker at the (virtual) 2020 Toe and Flow NW Conference, speaking to healthcare professionals on the challenges of diabetes self-management.
October 10, 2020
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.
October 12, 2020
Dr. Polonsky will be the featured speaker at the (virtual) 6th Annual Braden Diabetes Center Fall Fest (Marin Health), presenting to healthcare professionals and people with diabetes on the topic of effective communication strategies.
October 15, 2020
LATEST NEWS
Welcome to BDI’s October update!
Hello everyone! As we settle into our new office suite, it looks like it will be a slow month here at BDI. Still, here are a few things that are going on:
Events:
• October 3: Did you know about the Taking Control of Your Diabetes’ (TCOYD) virtual conference for people with type 1 diabetes? (We told you about it last month and hope you enjoyed it). The ONE Conference is an online interactive experience that is open to all people with type 1 diabetes everywhere. It featured an extraordinary group of diabetes healthcare professionals, including our own Dr. Polonsky as one of the featured speakers.
• October 10: Dr. Guzman (BDI’s Director of Clinical Education) will be a featured speaker at the (virtual) 2020 Toe and Flow NW Conference, speaking to healthcare professionals on the challenges of diabetes self-management.
• October 12: 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.
• October 15: Dr. Polonsky will be the featured speaker at the (virtual) 6th Annual Braden Diabetes Center Fall Fest (Marin Health), presenting to healthcare professionals and people with diabetes on the topic of effective communication strategies.
New podcast interview:
• Dr. Polonsky is featured this month in the new podcast series, Medicine Matters: Diabetes, speaking on “Disengaged from Diabetes”. Access the entire podcast series here: https://diabetes.medicinematters.com/why-psychosocial-care-matters/17888464
New publication:
• If you’re interested in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), you might want to know about our newest publication, “Impact of Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Sharing on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes, authored by Dr. Polonsky and our favorite colleague from Scripps Health, Dr. Addie Fortmann. Just published in Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, this is one of the first studies to ever examine how real-time data sharing with family and friends affects quality of life as well as important diabetes outcomes.
