PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS IN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PRACTICE: FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA

Psychosomatic disorders:

In this paper I will explore some of the arguments surrounding the concept of the psychosomatic and psychosomatic disorders. As will become clear this is an idea which has a difficult history within psychoanalysis, and even today there appears to be no clear agreement as to whether the concept of the psychosomatic has any place at all within analytic discourse. I will begin the discussion by ou...

Prevalence of Gastric Motility Disorders in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia

Background/Aims Gastric motility abnormalities have been considered to be pathophysiological features of functional dyspepsia (FD) that are closely related to dyspepsia symptoms, especially postprandial distress syndrome (PDS). The aims of this study are to (1) investigate the prevalence of gastric motility disorders and (2) evaluate the association between gastric motility abnormalities and dy...

Burden of common mental disorders in patients with functional dyspepsia.

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of common mental disorders among diagnosed functional dyspepsia patients. METHODS A case-control study with 150 cases of functional dyspepsia (FD) and 150 healthy controls were recruited from Gastroenterology Clinic at the Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi from 1st March 2009 through 31st August 2009. Urdu version of WHO-developed Self-Reporting Questionna...

American gastroenterological association technical review on the evaluation of dyspepsia.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: evaluation of dyspepsia.

t E c o t v m t w t f ince the publication of the initial technical review on evaluation of dyspepsia in 1998,1 there has been a ubstantial accumulation of new evidence and a continued ecrease in the incidence of distal gastric adenocarcinoma nd the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in North America.2 he current recommendations are based on a comprehensive eview of the literature to identify re...