Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, New York
The psychological treatment known as cognitive behavioral therapy has been clinically proven to lessen certain gastrointestinal issues. What is the structure of this brain-gut dynamic? What role does stress play in exacerbating symptoms? How can patients modify their thinking patterns in ways that benefit their treatment process? This session will serve practitioners much food for thought on the topic.
Learning Objectives:
Review the biopsychosocial framework for digestive disorders
Understand the brain-gut axis as the mechanistic basis for brain-gut behavior therapies
Describe core targets of BGBT and evidence for GI - CBT
Discuss personalization of CBT for GI disorders and the future of CBT