Core Mental State in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Psychiatric illness is higher among patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who seek medical care; however, a specific psychopathology that differentiates patients with IBS from patients with other organic gastrointestinal disorders has not been found. In the study described here, we investigated the predominant psychiatric symptoms in women with IBS.The criteria of Manning et al., as modified by Thompson et al., were used to make the...