Background: It is unclear whether psychological stress contributes to the inflammatory
process in the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's …

Background There is a long but inconsistent history of observations suggesting that
psychologic stress contributes to the course of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease …

Background and aims: The goals of this paper are: 1) to critically review and analyze the
methodology of the studies since 1990 linking stress to inflammatory bowel disease; and 2) …

The role of psychological distress and personality as predisposing factors for the
development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains controversial. Attempts to …

Background: Enquiries among patients on the one hand and experimental and
observational studies on the other suggest an influence of stress on inflammatory bowel …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic inflammatory condition of the
gastrointestinal tract whose natural history is one of periods of remission and relapse. The …

There is increasing evidence that psychological stress and associated mood disorders are
linked with, and can adversely affect the course of, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) …

The present review examines the English-language literature published between the years
1990 and 2000 concerning psychological factors and their relationship with the course of …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)
is a chronic and disabling disease with unknown etiology. There have been some …

Background Psychological stress is a possible factor in the disease course and poor
psychosocial outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Understanding the exact …