This book presents an up-to-date review of behavioral factors in diabetes management across the
lifespan: an update on medical management epidemiology and prognosis and utilize an
ecological framework to address various aspects of diabetes management for children and adults
on the individual social community and medical system and policy levels. The individual
level examines biobehavioral and neuroendocrine factors for their role in the etiology of
diabetes as well as various demographic factors involved in health disparities and specific
psychological issues including distress and quality of life depression and anxiety eating
disorders and intervention approaches. Zooming out the social level addresses the role of
social support and family influences as well as group and family interventions to promote more
effective diabetes management. The community level addresses medical system factors including
the patient-physician relationship and transition programs as well as community and
school-based prevention programs. Finally chapters also address how the policy level impacts
diabetes management considering the role of health care insurance and school and workplace
policy. Topics featured in this book include:Neuroendocrine and biobehavioral influences on
diabetes Eating disorders in individuals with diabetesFamily influences and family therapies
for children and adults with diabetesDepression and anxiety in children and adults with
diabetesBehavioral Diabetes is a must-have resource for researchers graduate students and
fellows as well as clinicians therapists and other practitioners involved in diabetes
management across the lifespan. A secondary audience comprises individuals working in the
community and policy levels including but not limited to health care and medical systems
administrators as well as school and workplace policymakers.This book is a comprehensive
overview of the extremely important topic of behavioral diabetes. The issues encompassed in
this book have evolved greatly over the last few decades and the editors have done a
spectacular job in having the key experts on each of the many topics review the literature
while at the same time keeping it practical for both clinicians and researchers.--Irl B. Hirsch
MD University of Washington Seattle
