A behaviorally oriented stress reduction program and its effects upon self‐reported gastric complaints

Abstract

The response of common but disturbing gastric complaints to psychological intervention has not been studied despite evidence that clinical levels of gastrointestinal disorders respond to treatment. The present study examines the effect of a behaviorally oriented stress reduction program on such self-reported gastrointestinal complaints among a group of 179 subjects. Pre-and post-treatment measures were obtained on the frequency of indigestion, nausea, ulcer attacks, colitis, diarrhea and constipation complaints. Significant decreases were found from pre to post for indigestion, nausea, colitis, diarrhea, and constipation and significant decreases were maintained at follow-up for indigestion, nausea and constipation complaints. These results suggest that relief from common gastric complaints may be obtained from a behaviorally oriented treatment program, and that such a program may also affect the potential development of maladaptive learned gastric response habits.

Modelo Procesual del estrés de la Dispepsia Funcional : implicaciones para la evaluación y el tratamiento

“…De manera más específica, a continuación se describen las modalidades de terapia psicológica que han tenido efectos positivos sobre los síntomas asociados a la DF: terapia de retroalimentación (Giles, 1976), manejo del estrés mediante técnicas conductuales (Uhes, Sweet y Cowles, 1989), terapia cognitiva , terapia cognitivo-conductual sola y combinada con tratamiento farmacoló-gico (Vinaccia, Tobón, Martínez-Sánchez y Sandín, 2002), terapia hipnótica (Calvert, Houghton, Cooper, Morris y Whorwell, 2002), xiaoyu decoction (XYD) (una modalidad de intervención médica china combinada con psicoterapia) (Jiang, Lin y Zhang, 2000), terapia interpersonal psicodinámica breve (Hamilton, Guthrie, Credo, Thompson y Tomenson, 2000), y la group counseling psychotherapy (basada en la asesoría e intervención grupal) (Poltras et al, 2002).…”