Purpose To systematically reevaluate the role of psychological factors in functional
gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and thus provide a scientific basis for the psychological …

Background A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China late
December 2019. The disease has as of the end of March 2020, affected over 35 countries …

The Social Readjustment Rating Scale, originally devised in 1967 by Holmes and Rahe,
measures the impact of life events stress. At the time, the SRRS advanced its field of …

This study aimed to explore the relationship between stressful life events, coping styles, and
schizophrenia relapse. The sample for this study included 248 patients with schizophrenia …

Probiotics are suggested to impact physiological and psychological stress responses by
acting on the gut-brain axis. We investigated if a probiotic product containing …

BACKGROUND Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the serotonin type 3 receptor
subunit (HTR3) genes have been associated with psychosomatic symptoms, but it is not …

Objective Fullness is a cardinal symptom in functional dyspepsia (FD). The use of real-time
symptom assessment might provide more insight into factors, such as daily stress, that can …

Results: About half of the SSD+ patients had a functional GI disorder and a third had an
inflammatory bowel disease. SSD+ patients reported higher GI pain severity, higher health …

Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) appears to have a bidirectional interaction with
both depressive and anxiety-related complaints. However, it remains unclear how exactly …

In their prospective study on the evaluation of symptom evolution over a 5-year follow-up
period in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Weerts ZZRM and colleagues [1] …