Telephone or internet delivered talking therapy can alleviate irritable bowel symptoms.

Cook, Rob; Davidson, Peter; Martin, Rosie; NIHR Dissemination Centre · BMJ · 2019

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Abstract

The studyEveritt H, Landau G, Little P. Therapist telephone-delivered CBT and web-based CBT compared with treatment as usual in refractory irritable bowel syndrome: the ACTIB three-arm RCT. <i>Health Technol Assess</i> 2019;23:1-154.This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 11/69/02).To read the full NIHR Signal, go to https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000784/irritable-bowel-syndrome-helped-by-telephone-or-internet-cbt.

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