Conservative and behavioural management of constipation.
This article deals with psychological contributions, such as stool withholding or responses to abuse experiences, to the aetiology of evacuation disorders (with a focus on dyssynergic defecation), and with education and behavioural approaches to treatment.
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Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080, USA. william_whitehead@med.unc.edu
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Leroi
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Porrett
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D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002648:Child; D003248:Constipation / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012931:Social Environment