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Section: CME

The Diabetic Foot - Pain - Depression Cycle: Why You Should Screen for Depression

Brandon Brooks, DPM, MPH, FACPM, FASPS

The Diabetic Foot-Pain-Depression Cycle: Integrating Mental Health in Limb Preservation Depression remains significantly underdiagnosed among patients with diabetes, particularly those facing lower extremity complications. The shame, stigma, and social rejection associated with even "simple" toe amputations create profound psychological burdens that are often overlooked in clinical practice. Brandon Brooks, DPM, MPH, FACPM, FASPS, and his colleagues have identified an underlying Diabetic Foot-Pain-Depression Cycle that perpetuates both physical and mental health deterioration. This lecture explores the critical need for routine depression screening in diabetic foot patients, both preoperatively and postoperatively, emphasizing that clinicians should not hesitate to initiate mental health referrals when indicated. While non-traumatic amputations may appear routine from a surgical perspective, they represent genuinely traumatic experiences for patients. This presentation demonstrates why psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are essential members of comprehensive limb preservation teams, and provides practical strategies for breaking the destructive cycle that undermines both physical healing and psychological wellbeing.

CME (Credits: 0.5) CEU (Credits: 0.75)

Method of Participation

Complete the 4 steps to earn your CE/CME credit:

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Goals and Objectives
  1. Identify the casual relationship between the diabetic foot, pain, and depression.
  2. Understand how to implement screening for depression into your practice.
  3. Recognize that Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals can/should be members of limb salvage teams.
  • Accreditation and Designation of Credits
  • CME (Credits: 0.5)

    PRESENT e-Learning Systems is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. PRESENT e-Learning Systems has approved this activity for a maximum of 0.5 continuing education contact hours

    Release Date: 03/14/2023 Expiration Date: 06/30/2028

  • CEU (Credits: 0.75)

    NURSING: Nurse CE is provided for this program through collaboration between Present e-Learning Systems and AffinityCE. AffinityCE is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). This activity provides 0.75 contact hours of nurse CE credit.

    Release Date: 03/14/2023 Expiration Date: 06/30/2028

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  • Disclosure Information

  • It is the policy of PRESENT e-Learning Systems and it's accreditors to insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational programs. All faculty participating in any PRESENT e-Learning Systems sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts.

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    Brandon Brooks has nothing to disclose.