Educational Materials

The following educational materials are particularly suited for patients and the public. Visitors to our website might be interested in information posted in our Professional Educational Materials pages, as well.

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Videos and audio

• Healthy Body, Healthy Mind program on IBS
  
  
• Living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  Long version (12:54; 12.9MB)
  Short version (7:44; 8.0MB)
  (Real Media, download only)
  
  
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Transforming Your Life Through IBS Management
  
  
• Interview with Y. Ringel, MD on Probiotics
  
  
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Articles

• Abdominal Bloating: A Mysterious Symptom - S. Thiwan
• Bacterial Overgrowth - D. Drossman
• Chronic Functional Abdominal Pain -- IFFGD
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Charles K. Burnett, PhD, DrPh
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy, hypnosis can help soothe irritable bowel syndrome - O. Palsson
• Comprehensive Overview of Constipation - W. Whitehead
• Constipation Causes and Treatments - D. Maier
• Functional Dyspepsia - Y. Ringel
• Functional Fecal Retention, Constipation, and Soiling in Children - Gerard A. Banez, PhD
• Functional GI Disorders: What's in a Name - D. Drossman
• Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
• History of Functional Disorders - D. Drossman
• How Can Relaxation Help - K. Jones
• Hypnosis - Endeavors
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - C. Dalton and D. Drossman
• Nutritional Intervention for IBS - B. Bischoff
• Overview of Functional Disorders
• Probiotic Bacteria and IBS - Y. Ringel
• Probiotic Bacteria in Patients with IBS - Y. Ringel
• Report from the 6th International Symposium on Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders - D. Drossman
• Stop Sprinting to the Bathroom – W. Whitehead interviewed about fecal incontinence for www.prevention.com
• Stress Therapy Can Help Irritable Bowel – W. Whitehead interviewed by WedMD (09/13/04)
• The Use of Antidepressants in the Treatment of IBS and Other Functional GI Disorders - C. Dalton and D. Drossman
• Using Relaxation in Coping with Functional GI Disorders - K. Jones
• Understanding Fecal Incontinence - W. Whitehead
• What are the Common Treatments for Diarrhea? - S. Dorn
• What is a Functional GI Disorder? - C. Dalton
• What Laxatives or Stool Softeners Should I Use for My Constipation? – D. Maier, PA-C
• When is it just a burp - N. Shaheen
• Why are you treating me with antidepressants for my abdominal pain? I am not depressed! - Syed Thiwan, MD
• Why see a Psychologist when the Diagnosis is IBS? - S. Weinland
• Women and IBS - K. Nyrop
• Yoga and IBS - D. Carroll
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