Mental Health and Pancreatic Disease

This webinar will discuss the mental health affects with those living with pancreas disease.

Introduction
Adriana Cowdin
Interim Executive Director, National Pancreas Foundation
Pancreatitis patient

Mental Health America
America Paredes, PhD
Chief Social Impact Officer
• Will provide an overview of MHA
• Share info from our focus group with lived-experience folks
• Results from the NPF community and mental health survey and key take-aways

The Pancreatitis Patient’s Journey with Mental Health
Adriana Cowdin
• Adriana will share her pancreatitis story and how that has impacted her mental health, how the survey results resonate in her life.
• She also touches on what has worked for her and resources she has used.
•How she works to remain true to herself despite living with a chronic illness.
•What she does to stay connected socially and emotionally to address the high rates of isolation and loneliness.

Anjali Uma Pandit, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern Medicine
• Dr. Pandit will share her experience in working with individuals who are diagnosed with pancreatic illness and supporting mental health components
• Relay how can doctors better equip themselves to address mental health for individuals they work with
•What can individuals with chronic illness do to help integrate mental health into conversations with providers?

Q&A