title: Psychotherapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a review and update.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychotherapy may be a useful intervention for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. We systematically reviewed all randomized controlled trials that have been performed in psychotherapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic searches were undertaken on 1 and 8 March, 2012 of studies of psychotherapy for IBD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighteen studies (19 papers) were included in this review. Psychotherapy was found to have minimal effect on measures of anxiety, depression, QOL and disease progression although shows promise in reducing pain, fatigue, relapse rate and hospitalisation, and improving medication adherence. It may also be cost effective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effects of psychotherapy on IBD is mixed: future studies should determine whether patient screening or measuring different dependent variables improves outcomes and whether particular psychotherapies are superior over others.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. Electronic address: mccombieandrew@hotmail.com.
authors: Andrew M
authors: AM
authors: McCombie
authors: Roger T
authors: RT
authors: Mulder
authors: Richard B
authors: RB
authors: Gearry
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000191:economics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012008:Recurrence
keywords: CBT; CCBT; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Crohn's disease; IBS; Psychotherapy; QOL; RA; TAU; Ulcerative colitis; WLC; cognitive behavioural therapy; computerised cognitive behavioural therapy; irritable bowel syndrome; quality of life; rheumatoid arthritis; treatment as usual; waitlist control