introduction: functional dyspepsia and digestive disorders are common, debilitating and costly. little information is available about the role of stress management in terms of cognitivebehavioral treatment of dyspepsia. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management on functional dyspepsia symptoms in patients who referred to digestion c...

Functional dyspepsia in children is classified as a subset of functional pediatric gastrointestinal disorders. According to ROME II criteria, it is divided into 3 groups including ulcer-like dyspepsia, dysmotility-like dyspepsia and unspecified (non-specific) dyspepsia. Prevalence of functional dyspepsia had been reported around 3/5 of children and adolescents who presented with clinical dyspep...

Dyspepsia is a common clinical condition associated with a complex of upper abdominal symptoms including: upper centered discomfort or pain, feeling of abdominal fullness, early satiety, abdominal distention and bloating, belching, and nausea. The exact prevalence of dyspepsia in the general population is not known, but it is estimated that as many as 25% to 40% of adults experience symptoms of...