Depression and functional bowel disorders in gastrointestinal outpatients.

Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship with psychological stress status in Chinese university students

“…The association between IBS and psychological stressors, such as anxiety and depression, is widely recognized 45,46 . Our results confirm this.…”

Migraine Comorbidity Constellations

“…There are also a host of idiopathic syndromatic medical conditions (including irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, interstitial cystitis, and pelvic pain), which are widely recognized to be associated with migraine 8–11 . Psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and anxiety, have been associated with migraine 12,13 as well as with a number of migraine comorbidities 14–18 . The reason for the association of these various conditions with migraine is not certain, but because of bidirectional relationships between many of these chronic conditions, a neurobiological link has been proposed 19 .…”

“…[8][9][10][11] Psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and anxiety, have been associated with migraine 12,13 as well as with a number of migraine comorbidities. [14][15][16][17][18] The reason for the association of these various conditions with migraine is not certain, but because of bidirectional June 2007 relationships between many of these chronic conditions, a neurobiological link has been proposed. 19 Aggregation within families has implicated genetic ties.…”

Psychiatric Disorder and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

“…Com parison between studies is not always possible and, therefore, the application of data to the wider IBS population is restricted if inform ation regarding the age of the subjects is not known. The problems are exacerbated where summ ary data regarding the subjects' age are attributed to the parent population, but m ay not be applied to the subsequent study popula tion [19,55], or where subjects are classi® ed by psychiatric rather than gastrointestinal status [56].…”

“…Information regarding gender may be presented as discrete num erical data [61], relative percentages [3] or as a ratio [56]. As a result, considerable mathematical exertion may be required before study comparisons can be m ade.…”