Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 461-467 , October 2006

A single session of reassurance can acutely improve the self-perception of impairment in patients with IBS

  • Max J. Schmulson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Liver, Pancreas, and Motility (HIPAM), Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Hospital General de México, Doctor Balmis No. 148-Col. Doctores, Del. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico. Tel.: +52 555 623 2683.
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  • Orianna M. Ortiz-Garrido

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Carlos Hinojosa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Denise Arcila

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Received 15 June 2005

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PII: S0022-3999(06)00088-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.02.011

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 461-467 , October 2006

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