TY - JOUR
AU - Rutter, Derek R.
AB - Objective: Irritable bowel syndrome has no observable symptom markers and there is little that the medical profession can do to help sufferers. Psychotherapy, antidepressants and drugs aimed at the most problematic symptoms have been shown to have limited efficacy. Inan attempt to help understand the illness better, and to suggest alternative forms of intervention, the study tested whether outcome might be influenced by patients' representation of their illness and by their coping strategies.
TI - Illness representation, coping and outcome in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
JF - British Journal of Health Psychology
DO - 10.1348/135910702320645372
DA - 2002-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/illness-representation-coping-and-outcome-in-irritable-bowel-syndrome-B0e0MNuyWw
SP - 377
EP - 391
VL - 7
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -