Psychosocial Background and Intervention in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Stockbrügger, Reinhold W.; Coremans, Georges; Creed, Francis; Dapoigny, Michel; Müller-Lissner, S; Pace, F.; Smout, A. J. P. M.; Whorwell, Peter J.

doi:10.1159/000007644

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“…While data from the literature generally support the higher frequency of some psychiatric abnormalities in IBS patients, mainly anxiety and depression (42,43), their correlation with the outcome is controversial; some authors argue that their capability in predicting outcome is poor (34,44), whereas others have found a strong correlation between psychological factors and patient outcome (45)(46)(47). Furthermore, psychological factors are believed to be strong indicators of health care seeking by some (34,48) but not all authors (49,50).…”

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