Type 1 Teens: A Guide to Managing Your Life With Diabetes - Softcover

Korey K. Hood, PhD, is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. A licensed clinical and health psychologist who has worked in specialty diabetes clinics providing behavioral health services, he lives in San Francisco. Type 1 Teens is his first book.

Bryan Ische is a freelance illustrator and designer currently living and operating out of Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD) in 2009 with a BFA in Illustration. He is the illustrator of Type 1 Teens and On Your Own. Follow him on Twitter: @bryanische and Instagam: @bryanische.

Korey Hood, PhD, has masterfully written an easy-to-read and engaging guide for teens living with type 1 diabetes. There are many expected pitfalls that confront the growing and developing adolescent with diabetes. This book offers compelling approaches to avoiding these hazards, using dialog that is understandable, humorous, and compassionate. There are no imperatives; rather Dr. Hood provides the teen with realistic choices and opportunities so that diabetes can become a priority AND fit into the unpredictable lifestyle of adolescence. I encourage teens with type 1 diabetes, their families, friends, and healthcare providers to read this book. ----Lori Laffel, MD, MPH
Chief, Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section, Investigator, Genetics and Epidemiology Section, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Type 1 Teens is an essential book for adolescents of all ages with type 1 diabetes and their parents. This is the first guide I have seen which helps teens to problem-solve some of the toughest sticking points of living with diabetes in the adolescent years--how to negotiate with parents, how to solve problems involving peers, including dating, how to build and then help an "essential support roster" and an "expanded support roster". Dr. Hood provides a step-by-step practical guide to helping teens to own their diabetes, to advocate for themselves, and to recognize and manage early signs of "diabetes burnout". This book honestly speaks to the everyday dilemmas that come up in the lives of teens and how diabetes may complicate normal life happenings! ----Barbara Anderson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

Finally! A book about real life with diabetes for teens, a book that explores the hassles of living with diabetes (dealing with parents, feeling burned out, making new friends, and more) and provides simple, powerful solutions. Sure, diabetes isn't easy for teens, but it doesn't have to be impossible. And thanks to Dr. Hood, one of the leading experts in our field, and his wonderful new book, it may now become a little easier. ----William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDE
Chief Executive Officer, Behavioral Diabetes Institute, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego

Type 1 Teens is a must-have guide for teenagers (and their parents) dealing with the challenges of type 1 diabetes. Covering topics so important to the life of the teen--school, friends, parents--and tackling thorny issues such as sex, drugs, and depression, this book is written in an informative and non-judgmental style that will keep teens engaged, help them understand their feelings, and provide the necessary tools to gain more control over their diabetes. ----Stuart A Weinzimer, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, Medical Director, Children's Type 1 Diabetes Program

Getting a diagnosis of insulin dependent diabetes triggers major coping issues for anyone. Add adolescence to the mix and stress levels zoom through the roof. Traveling the road to adulthood and establishing autonomy is hard enough without doctors, parents, and your own body reminding you of your vulnerabilities. Dr. Hood has done a fabulous job of bringing together the need-to-know essentials in a way that makes sense to teenagers and supports active positive coping. The book brings educational information and psychological strategies together in a uniquely powerful form uniquely suited helping Type 1 Teens master and triumph over diabetes. ----Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP
Dean and Professor, School of Health Sciences, Simmons College

"This book gives teens a slew of strategies and tips to manage life with Type 1 diabetes." --ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, Honorable Mention, 2011