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The Relationship Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Panic Disorder: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Tracey Wade  and
Megan Jones
Tracey Wade*
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
Megan Jones
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
*
Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980126, Richmond VA 23298-0126, USA. E-mail: tdwade@hsc.vcu.edu
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Evidence suggests that cognitive behaviour therapy is the treatment of choice for both irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and panic disorder (PD). The present study examines the treatment issues relating to a woman diagnosed with both IBS and PD (with agoraphobia), where therapy for PD was disrupted by IBS symptoms. Group therapy was then initiated for IBS, and this was associated with a large decrease in general anxiety and depression, and an increase in confidence concerning management of the pain caused by the IBS. This finding is discussed with respect to its possible implications for the treatment of people suffering both IBS and PD.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 237 - 243
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1998

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