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behavioral program (MC-CBT); or a wait list. The ultra-brief, four-session treatment covered the same range of procedures featured in CBT, but therapy was taught through a self-study workbook that patients worked through at home. The goal of behavioral treatment was to learn more adaptive thinking skills and coping behaviors. In total, the great majority of treated patients (74 percent of standard CBT vs. 73 percent of MC-CBT) reported moderate-to-substantial improvement in IBS symptoms at the end of treatment. Improvements were described as satisfactory in 73 percent of patients assigned to the brief behavioral treatment and accompanied by significant improvements in quality of life, emotional distress, IBS symptom severity and coping. Notably, the MC-CBT option was five times as cost efficient as the more time- and labor-intensive behavioral treatment

"This study shows great promise in showing that patients can control symptom often times resistant to medical treatments by learning relatively simple self-care skills and tools," said Jeffrey Lackner, Psy.D., University at Buffalo SUNY and lead study author. "Not only has this proven to be a cost-effective option, but it appears no less effective than the more time-consuming, therapist administered treatments that unfortunately are unavailable to most IBS patients. Most importantly, patients can use the skills they learn to relieve the severity of IBS symptoms including pain, constipation, bloating, urgency and diarrhea."

Effects of Hypnotherapy on IBS in Different Clinical Settings Results from Two Randomized, Controlled Trials [Abstract 630]

Some physicians believe that the use of hypnotherapy can treat symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but there have been few trials to confirm this prediction. Moreover, hypnotherapy is conducted at highly specialized centers and is not readily available in most clinical practices. Scientists from the Sahlgrenska Un
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Contact: Aimee Frank
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American Gastroenterological Association
24-May-2006

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