Chronic pain is a major medical problem that is resistant to conventional medical
intervention. It also causes emotional changes such as anxiety and fear. Furthermore …

Objectives: Pain catastrophizing is reliably associated with pain reports during experimental
pain in healthy, pain-free subjects and in people with chronic pain. It also correlates with self …

Evidence suggests that long-term stress facilitates visceral pain through sensitization of pain
pathways and promotes chronic visceral pain disorders such as the irritable bowel …

Common brain mechanisms are thought to play a significant role across a multitude of
chronic pain syndromes. In addition, there is strong evidence for the existence of sex …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized
by recurring abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without detectable organic causes …

Most gastrointestinal diseases and disorders (GIDD) are associated with depression,
anxiety, and cognitive dysfunction. This suggests that shared features of GIDD, particularly …

The mechanism of symptom amplification, developed in the study of somatization, may be
helpful in caring for patients with symptoms that, while they have a demonstrable medical …

Attention is a central component of cognitive and behavioral processes and plays a key role
in basic and higher-level functioning. Posner's model of attention describes three …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder of unknown
etiology. Although relatively common in children, how this condition affects brain structure …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder resulting
from a dysregulation of the brain-gut axis. However, its exact neural substrate still remains …