Mental health matters. Especially for those living with diabetes, a chronic condition affecting more than 4 million people living in Canada.
To better help address some of the many gaps in mental health support for people with diabetes, Diabetes Canada collaborated with JDRF Canada to launch the Mental Health + Diabetes Training Program.
This bilingual program, designed and implemented by JDRF Canada with the support of Diabetes Canada, provides knowledge and tools to help registered Canadian mental health providers deliver the best support to their clients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and expand the capacity of health systems to meet this currently underserved need.
Mental Health + Diabetes Directory
As a result, JDRF Canada and Diabetes Canada are now able to launch the Mental Health + Diabetes Directory.
The Directory is intended to provide people living with or affected by diabetes with access to information about registered mental health providers who have engaged in additional training to understand the reality of living with diabetes to provide mental health support specific to addressing the realities of living with diabetes.
Every mental health provider included in the Directory has successfully completed the Mental Health + Diabetes Training Program.
Both the Training Program and Directory will help to close gaps in both the delivery of and access to mental health supports for those living with diabetes across Canada.
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