Social learning contributions to the etiology and treatment of functional abdominal pain and inflammatory bowel disease in children and adults

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2397-2403

  Levy, Rona L ^a   Langer, Shelby L ^a   Whitehead, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Functional abdominal pain; Illness behavior; Inflammatory bowel disease; Irritable bowel syndrome; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELAXATION TRAINING; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 34250619599     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i17.2397     Document Type: Editorial

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