Cleaning up the River: A Metaphor for Functional Digestive Disorders

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Zimmerman, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abreaction; Blockage; Bowel; Hypnosis; Insight; Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); Metaphor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABREACTION; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0037386948     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2003.10403547     Document Type: Article

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