Pages: 77-86
Published: 30.10.2016
Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of domestic and foreign works on the application of psychotherapy in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is focused on the bio-psycho-social nature of IBS. It pays attention to works focused on comorbid borderline mental disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. The borderline mental disorders are based on various combinations of anxiety and depression. The availability of this comorbid suggests the usage of psychotropic drugs and methods of psychotherapy in treatment of patients with IBS. Most of the studies, dedicated to the application of the psychotherapy in the treatment of patients with IBS, concern the usage of cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, various hypnotic and relaxation techniques. Similarity of the modern psychotherapeutic approach of domestic and foreign researchers, focused on disturbing components of disease, is also described. The own experience of application of psychological techniques in the treatment of borderline mental disorders in patients with IBS is presented. The usage of abdominal version of hypnosis, relaxation techniques and other psychotherapeutic techniques at different stages of the disease is described.
Key words: irritable bowel syndrome, borderline mental disorders , anxiety, depression, psychotherapeutic techniques, hypnosis, cognitive-behavioural therapy, relaxation techniques.
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