BACKGROUND Although generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by multiple worries, anxiety about one's health is absent in the DSM-IV description of the illness. METHOD A random community-based telephone survey (N = 2005) that covered DSM-IV symptoms of GAD, two core symptoms of major depression, Rome-III criteria of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), an...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most commonly encountered functional gastrointestinal disorders in the elderly. IBS is characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of specific organic pathology. The diagnosis of IBS usually depends primarily on established clinical criteria. Currently, Rome III criteria are the criteria of choice for defining IBS. However...

This paper reviews recent psychological studies of patients with the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or 'functional abdominal pain'. Many studies have used unreliable or invalid methods of assessment and some have confused personality with treatable psychiatric illness. Reliable and valid measures have indicated that 40-50% of patients with recently diagnosed functional abdominal pain have demon...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a functional disorder of the lower gastrointestinal (gi) tract caused by stress and is also is associated with anxiety and depression which may benefit from a treatment such as mindfulness. objectives: to determine the effectiveness of the mindfulness in decreasing the anxiety and depression in the patients suffering from ibs. methods: the research ...

A significant proportion of patients worldwide diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) experience comorbid psychiatric conditions, depression being the most prevalent disorder among them. In Western countries, prevalence mental disorders IBS ranges between 40% and 60%. However, in Asian such as India, rates are even higher, exceeding 80% individuals IBS. The disease is mostly studied regi...

BACKGROUND Functional gastrointestinal disorders, including functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation are very common worldwide. OBJECTIVE This research aims to estimate the prevalence and associated factors involved in functional gastrointestinal disorders in Chinese college and university students using the Rome III criteria. METHODS A total of 5000 studen...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a commonly found global functional pathology with no detectable structural changes. It affects the quality of life and often coexists psychiatric somatic issues. We reviewed all articles published between 1990 April 2023. The databases used for data search were Google Scholar, Web Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed/MEDLINE. Ovid engine was also to broaden strate...

Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder in children that may lead to anxiety, frequent physician visits and school absenteeism. The aim of this study is to reviewe effects of probiotic for irritable bowel syndrome.   Materials and Methods: This study review articles about probiotic for irritable bowel syndrome in pubmed and google scholar.   Results: M...