Emotional awareness and expression training improves irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

Elyse ThakurH J HolmesN A LockhartJ N CartyM S ZiadniH K DohertyJ M LacknerH SchubinerM A Lumley

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)

Brief emotional awareness and expression training that targeted trauma and emotional conflicts reduced somatic symptoms and improved quality of life in patients with IBS. This emotion-focused approach may be considered an additional treatment option for IBS, although research should compare EAET to a full cognitive-behavioral protocol and determine which patients are best suited for each approach. Registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01886027).

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
poor prognosis
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
randomized controlled trial
autism spectrum disorder
binding protein
cancer therapy
prognostic factors
long non coding rna
combination therapy
genome wide
patient reported
replacement therapy