Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Subtitle: The Brain-Gut Connection
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: November 12, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781572301351
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Gastroenterology; Psychotherapy; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Psychosomatic aspects; Psychosomatic Medicine; Psychology; Medical; Psychiatry - General; Irritable colon; Behavior Therapy; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; therapy; Cognitive Therapy; Colonic Diseases, Functional
First sentence: Consensual criteria now exist (Drossman et al., 1994) to diagnose functional bowel disorders depending on the predominant symptoms: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional constipation, functional diarrhea, and chronic functional abdominal pain.