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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.342 EAN: 9781572301351 Edition: 1 ISBN: 157230135X Label: The Guilford Press Manufacturer: The Guilford Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 188 Publication Date: November 12, 1999 Publisher: The Guilford Press Studio: The Guilford Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Effective, user-friendly program for IBSWhile this book is written for practitioners, it provides information and insight which can be useful for the sufferer of irritable bowl syndrome (IBS) as well. This may be especially true for many of the over 20 million individuals in the US alone who suffer from social anxiety disorder - a fear of being negatively evaluated and humiliated in social situations - who suffer from this painful and embarrassing disorder as well. Given that the diseased-based biomedical model can't adequately ... Read More Rating:  - Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Irritable Bowel SyndromeWritten by Brenda Toner and her colleagues, who have worked extensively on psychosocial aspects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), this manual provides a thorough, yet accessible, introduction to the current understanding of IBS and cognitive behavioural approaches to its treatment. One of the particularly interesting aspects of the book is the attention paid to gender socialisation and social stigma as factors which may help to explain both the high proportion of female IBS outpatients ... Read More 
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