Psychosocial determinants of irritable bowel syndrome

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 616-626

  Surdea Blaga, Teodora ^a   Bǎban, Adriana ^b   Dumitrascu, Dan L ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depressive symptoms; Irritable bowel syndrome; Personality; Psychosocial factors; Sexual abuse; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DIVORCE; DYSTHYMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEURASTHENIA; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

EID: 84857422793     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i7.616     Document Type: Review

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