Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Transition of children with inflammatory bowel disease: big task, little evidence.

12 Aug 2009 Children with chronic long-term disorders need to move to the adult practice at some point in their life. Establishing a smooth and efficient transition process is a complicated task. Transition of medical care to adult practice is defined as the ... Read more...

Depression and anxiety in inflammatory bowel disease: a review of comorbidity and management.

29 Jun 2009 While there has been a great deal of speculation over the years on the importance of emotional factors in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it is only in the last decade or so that studies with stronger designs have been available to clarify the ... Read more...

[The problems of compliance and adherence, using the example of chronic inflammatory bowel disease]

21 Jun 2009 To what extent do patients comply with their doctor's treatment recommendation, i.e. show "compliance" and "adherence" ?. The treatment of chronic diseases in particular is associated with enormous problems of adherence. Patients often take only 40 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Transition of children with inflammatory bowel disease: big task, little evidence. 12 Aug 2009
• Girls connect: effects of a support group for teenage girls with inflammatory bowel disease and their mothers. 30 Jul 2009
• Depression and anxiety in inflammatory bowel disease: a review of comorbidity and management. 29 Jun 2009
• [The problems of compliance and adherence, using the example of chronic inflammatory bowel disease] 21 Jun 2009
• Words fail me: the verbal IQ deficit in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. 30 May 2009
• A treatment trial of acupuncture in IBS patients. 30 May 2009
• Evidence for the role of the brain-gut axis in inflammatory bowel disease: depression as cause and effect? May 2009
• Fatigue and health-related quality of life in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Inflammatory bowel disease in pediatrics. 30 Mar 2009
• Objective versus subjective assessment of oral medication adherence in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. 30 Mar 2009
• Gender-related issues in the female inflammatory bowel disease patient. 30 Mar 2009
• Reactivation of inflammatory bowel disease in a mouse model of depression. 7 Mar 2009
• Sexual and reproductive issues for men with inflammatory bowel disease. 15 Feb 2009
• The role of self-blame and responsibility in adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease. 30 Jan 2009
• Advances in inflammatory bowel disease: are patients taking their medicines? Interview by Paul C. Adams. 30 Dec 2008
• Inflammatory bowel disease and pregnancy: evidence, uncertainty and patient decision-making. 30 Dec 2008
• Adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease: the relative influence of illness perceptions and coping. 30 Dec 2008
• Quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: psychometric evaluation of an IBDQ cross-culturally adapted version. 29 Nov 2008
• Health values in adolescents with or without inflammatory bowel disease. 20 Nov 2008
• Spiritual well-being and mental health outcomes in adolescents with or without inflammatory bowel disease. 15 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Inflammatory Bowel Diseases'

Definition: Chronic, non-specific inflammation of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Etiology may be genetic or environmental. This term includes CROHN DISEASE and ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

Descriptor UI: D015212

Alternative terms: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Bowel Diseases, Inflammatory;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.405.205.731; C06.405.469.432;

History Note: 89