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Should clinicians integrate medical and psychological interventions for the treatment of functional dyspepsia?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 5, pages 68–69 (2008)Cite this article

boxed-textHaag S et al. (2007) Is there a benefit from intensified medical and psychological interventions in patients with functional dyspepsia not responding to conventional therapy? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 25: 973–986

Physicians should integrate multimodal medical and psychological interventions into clinical practice; patients with functional dyspepsia might benefit from referral to a psychologist who is trained in working with such patients

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. SR Weinland is a Research Instructor and Clinical Psychologist at the UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, and DA Drossman is Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Co-Director of the UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA,

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Weinland, S., Drossman, D. Should clinicians integrate medical and psychological interventions for the treatment of functional dyspepsia?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 68–69 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1006

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