Improvement in Gastrointestinal Symptoms After Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome

There is an urgent need for safe treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that relieve treatment-refractory symptoms and their societal and economic burden. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment that has not been broadly adopted into routine clinical practice. We performed a randomized controlled trial to assess clinical responses to home-based CBT compared with clinic-based CBT and patient education.

Source: Gastroenterology - April 24, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Jeffrey M. Lackner, James Jaccard, Laurie Keefer, Darren Brenner, Rebecca Firth, Gregory D. Gudleski, Frank Hamilton, Leonard A. Katz, Susan S. Krasner, Chang-Xing Ma, Christopher Radziwon, Michael D. Sitrin Source Type: research