Dr. William Howard Polonsky PHD
Psychologist | Health
5405 Oberlin Dr Suite 100 San Diego CA, 92121About
Dr. William Polonsky is a psychologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Polonsky specializes in the treatment of mental health problems, and helps people to cope with their mental illnesses. As a psychologist, Dr. Polonsky evaluates and treats patients through a variety of methods, most typically being psychotherapy or talk therapy. Patients usually visit Dr. Polonsky because they have been experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or anger for a significant period of time and are seeking help. Psychologists may perform a variety of exams and assessments to diagnose a mental condition.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diabetes-related emotional distress in Dutch and U.S. diabetic patients: cross-cultural validity of the problem areas in diabetes scale.
- Issues for the coming age of continuous glucose monitoring.
- Responsiveness of the Problem Areas In Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire.
- Emotional and quality-of-life aspects of diabetes management.
- Predictors of diabetes-specific knowledge and treatment satisfaction among Costa Ricans.
- Hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia, and blood glucose control in diabetes: symptom perceptions and treatment strategies.
- Overcoming the psychological challenge to weight loss.
- Time for a "diabetes vacation"?
- Correlates of hypoglycemic fear in type I and type II diabetes mellitus.
- A community-based program to encourage patients' attention to their own diabetes care: pilot development and evaluation.
- Development of a brief diabetes distress screening instrument.
- Diabetes distress and its association with clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with pramlintide as an adjunct to insulin therapy.
- Primary care physicians identify and act upon glycemic abnormalities found in structured, episodic blood glucose monitoring data from non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes.
- Effective use of paired testing in type 2 diabetes: practical applications in clinical practice.
- Patient reported outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes on basal insulin randomized to addition of mealtime pramlintide or rapid-acting insulin analogs.
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