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<blockquote data-quote="Administrator" data-source="post: 829599" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>On <strong>Thursday 23rd April</strong>, Dav Panesar – an expert in the field of Mindfulness based therapies - will be answering any questions from patients and carers of the diabetes community from 7pm-8pm. Users will have the choice of sending in their questions in advance on this forum but we also welcome you to join in the<strong> live Q&A </strong>over on our <a href="https://twitter.com/diabetescouk" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Diabetes.co.uk?ref=DCUK_forum" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a> pages.</p><p></p><p>As part of <strong>Depression Awareness Week (20-26 April)</strong>, Dav will be looking at techniques and tools that the diabetes community can use to deal with depression, anxiety and diabetes related emotional distress including burnout.</p><p></p><p>As a teacher, facilitator, researcher and consultant with over 20 years of teaching experience, Dav is skilled in incorporating mindfulness within the businesses, education and health sector. His focus and research has been on the application of Mindfulness based approaches for those suffering from diseases such as cancer and diabetes, in addition to mental health including stress, anxiety and depression.</p><p></p><p><em>Research shows that people with diabetes are three times more likely to suffer depression than the general population and are 29% more likely to have depression compared with people without diabetes - this rises to 53% for those with Type 1 diabetes.</em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Please post your questions here, and we'll put them to Dav on the day of the Q&A - this thread will be updated with replies to your questions after the Q&A has ended. Alternatively, you can follow along live on Twitter or Facebook.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Administrator, post: 829599, member: 1"] On [B]Thursday 23rd April[/B], Dav Panesar – an expert in the field of Mindfulness based therapies - will be answering any questions from patients and carers of the diabetes community from 7pm-8pm. Users will have the choice of sending in their questions in advance on this forum but we also welcome you to join in the[B] live Q&A [/B]over on our [URL='https://twitter.com/diabetescouk'][B]Twitter[/B][/URL] and [URL='https://www.facebook.com/Diabetes.co.uk?ref=DCUK_forum'][B]Facebook[/B][/URL] pages. As part of [B]Depression Awareness Week (20-26 April)[/B], Dav will be looking at techniques and tools that the diabetes community can use to deal with depression, anxiety and diabetes related emotional distress including burnout. As a teacher, facilitator, researcher and consultant with over 20 years of teaching experience, Dav is skilled in incorporating mindfulness within the businesses, education and health sector. His focus and research has been on the application of Mindfulness based approaches for those suffering from diseases such as cancer and diabetes, in addition to mental health including stress, anxiety and depression. [I]Research shows that people with diabetes are three times more likely to suffer depression than the general population and are 29% more likely to have depression compared with people without diabetes - this rises to 53% for those with Type 1 diabetes.[/I] [SIZE=5][B]Please post your questions here, and we'll put them to Dav on the day of the Q&A - this thread will be updated with replies to your questions after the Q&A has ended. Alternatively, you can follow along live on Twitter or Facebook.[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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