Psychological treatments for irritable bowel syndrome: A critique of controlled treatment trials

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-286

  Talley, Nicholas J ^a,b   Owen, Bronwen K ^a   Boyce, Philip ^a   Paterson, Kerrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING;

ALGORITHMS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACEBOS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030021025     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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