The relationship of current psychiatric disorder to functional disability and distress in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
EA Walker, MD Gelfand, AN Gelfand, F Creed… - General hospital …, 1996 - Elsevier
Although prior theories about psychiatric disorders causing inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) have largely been discredited, these same disorders have at times been associated
with functional gastrointestinal symptoms such as those found in irritable bowel syndrome.
Since functional gastrointestinal symptoms can also occur in patients with organic
pathology, we hypothesized that a current psychiatric disorder might amplify or produce
additional gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with organic gastrointestinal diseases such …
(IBD) have largely been discredited, these same disorders have at times been associated
with functional gastrointestinal symptoms such as those found in irritable bowel syndrome.
Since functional gastrointestinal symptoms can also occur in patients with organic
pathology, we hypothesized that a current psychiatric disorder might amplify or produce
additional gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with organic gastrointestinal diseases such …
