title: Conservative and behavioural management of constipation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: di Lorenzo
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leroi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Porrett
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: 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