caa a22 4500 388096144 CHVBK 20180307125304.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1092852900011524 doi S1092852900011524 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1092852900011524 The Role of the Mental Health Professional in the Assessment and Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome [Elektronische Daten] Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition common in the health-care setting, can be especially challenging to manage for both the referring physician and the psychiatrist. Much of this difficulty arises from the understanding and treatment of the disorder from a disease-based biomedical approach rather than a biopsychosocial model. The latter model offers a more effective method to understand the development and clinical expression of IBS, and as a result, directly informs subsequent management. This article defines and describes the epidemiology of IBS, reviews its pathophysiology, identifies the role of psychosocial factors using a biopsychosocial model of IBS, and clarifies the role of the mental health professional in its management. IBS management involves identifying psychiatric comorbidities, assessing the patient's perspective of the role of psychosocial factors, offering psychotherapy directed toward adaptive coping mechanisms, providing psychotropic medication consultation, and engaging in ongoing collaboration with the referring physician. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999 Gaynes Bradley N. Drossman Douglas A. CNS Spectrums Cambridge University Press 4/4(1999-04), 19-30 1092-8529 4:4<19 1999 4 CNS https://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852900011524 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852900011524 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gaynes Bradley N. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Drossman Douglas A. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- CNS Spectrums Cambridge University Press 4/4(1999-04), 19-30 1092-8529 4:4<19 1999 4 CNS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge