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The efficacy of group therapy for patients with irritable bowel syndrome
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Psychometric follow-up study revealed a significant reduction in dysphoric emotions despite the persistence of somatic complaints, and this findings are evaluated in the context of the subjects’ cognitive styles of locus of control and field-dependence.About:
This article is published in Psychosomatics.The article was published on 1982-05-01. It has received 41 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Irritable bowel syndrome & Group psychotherapy.read more
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Symptoms of Psychologic Distress Associated With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Comparison of Community and Medical Clinic Samples
TL;DR: In this paper, women with symptoms indicative of irritable bowel syndrome who had not consulted a physician were compared with female patients at a gastroenterology clinic to investigate whether self-selection for treatment accounts for psychologic abnormalities in clinic patients' with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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The Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Review and a Graduated Multicomponent Treatment Approach
Douglas A. Drossman,W G Thompson +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the physician also assess the severity of the illness based on its symptomatic and functional features and the patient's behavioral response, allowing a graduated treatment approach that emphasizes education, reassurance, and dietary adjustment for mild symptoms.
Early neurological complications ofcoronary artery bypass surgery
TL;DR: A prospective study of 312 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery showed that neurological complications after surgery were common, occurring in 191 of the 312 patients, and smaller abnormalities, whose detection required detailed neurological examination, were much commoner than expected.
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Irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric illness.
TL;DR: The authors offer a pathophysiological model of irritable bowel syndrome that integrates many of the biological and psychosocial findings of earlier studies and suggests that psychiatric evaluation appears to be an important factor in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with irritating bowel syndrome.
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Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for irritable bowel syndrome : effects and long-term follow-up
TL;DR: Cognitive-behavioral group treatment is effective in alleviating irritable bowel syndrome, in stimulating coping strategies, and in reducing avoidance behavior, and at long term follow-up, the abdominal complaints, the number of successful coping Strategies, and the avoidance behavior were still improved compared with the pretreatment assessment.
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