Patients who underwent the treatment learned to use more effective coping strategies. Compared to the controls, the treated patients showed reduction in anxiety and abdominal pain. After the control group also received treatment, both groups showed decreases in anxiety, depression, hostility, bodily preoccupation, pain, and bloating. Taken together, these studies show that behavioral medicine group programs are an effective approach for managing the distressing symptoms of IBS . Gick M, et al.
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It reminds me to notice my moods and to think of what I can do to change them, such as remembering to forgive, or accept, or make a request, or question whether an assessment is grounded. I think of these a lot. I notice my moods and my actions and have changed my behavior in a positive way. This nervous system, just like the larger brain in our head, sends and receives nervous impulses, records our experiences, and responds to our emotions. Recently, scientists have discovered that the gut contains millions more neurons than the head brain, and therefore regulates its own responses.