OBJECTIVES: Psychosocial factors may drive people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to
seek health care, but whether psychological factors are causally linked to IBS is …

Diarrhea is best defined as passage of loose stools often with more frequent bowel
movements. For clinical purposes, the B ristol S tool F orm S cale works well to distinguish …

Background Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) patients report poor health‐related
quality of life (HRQOL) and experience high rates of psychiatric and extraintestinal functional …

Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder,
manifesting as abdominal pain/discomfort and altered bowel function. Despite affecting as …

Functional dyspepsia is a common functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder of
gastroduodenal origin, diagnosed clinically in the presence of prototypical symptoms of …

Importance Somatic symptom and related disorders are highly prevalent mental health
disorders among young people. Presentation can be varied, and patients often face long …

Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common abdominal pain disorder without an
organic explanation. Abuse histories (physical, sexual, emotional) are prevalent in IBS …

Validation of the Spanish Version of the PHQ-15 Questionnaire for the evaluation of physical
symptoms in patients with depressio Page 1 Actas Esp Psiquiatr 2010;38(6):345-57 345 …

This commentary presents commonalities in medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) across
multiple organ systems, including symptoms, aetiological mechanisms, comorbidity with …

Background While opioid prescriptions have increased alarmingly in the United States (US),
their use for unexplained chronic gastrointestinal (GI) pain (eg, irritable bowel syndrome) …