Collaborative
Benjamin Miller, PsyD
University of Massachusetts Medical
School Department of Family Medicine
and Community Health
, Diabetes and Consultation
! The goals of this
presentation:
! Explain Type 2
Diabetes
! Statistics
! Role of consultant
! Stepped care model
! Needs and Wants
! Interventions
, What is Type 2 Diabetes?
! A Chronic
endocrinological disorder
characterized by
abnormalities in glucose
metabolism due to
abnormalities in the
production and/or
utilization of the hormone
insulin (Gonder-Frederick,
Cox, & Ritterband, 2002)