title: Gut feelings 1. Mind, mood and gut in irritable bowel syndrome: approaches to psychiatric care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Psychiatrists are likely to encounter patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We aim to provide a clinically-focused summary of psychiatric comorbidities and management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IBS affects up to 15% of the population. Antidepressants and brief psychotherapy can reduce symptom severity and improve coping. These treatments are effective for patients without comorbid mental illness, as well as those with increased somatisation, health-care seeking and sexual abuse histories.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Advanced Trainee, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, and; Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Australian National University Medical School, Garran, ACT, Australia philip.keightley@act.gov.au.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keightley
authors.affiliation: Senior Specialist, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, and; Professor, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavli
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nurse Consultant Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Platten
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Senior Staff Specialist Neuropsychiatrist, Deputy Head Academic Unit Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Australian National University Medical School, Garran, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Jeffrey Cl
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Looi
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents
keywords: depression; irritable bowel syndrome; mental health; psychiatry; psychotherapy