'Just to get it off my chest': Patients' views on psychotherapy in inflammatory bowel disease Mikocka-Walus, Antonina, Gordon, Andrea L, Stewart, Benjamin J and Andrews, Jane M 2013, 'Just to get it off my chest': Patients' views on psychotherapy in inflammatory bowel disease, Counselling and psychotherapy research, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 227-234, doi: 10.1080/14733145.2012.730540. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title 'Just to get it off my chest': Patients' views on psychotherapy in inflammatory bowel disease Author(s) Mikocka-Walus, Antonina orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-3956 Gordon, Andrea L Stewart, Benjamin J Andrews, Jane M Journal name Counselling and psychotherapy research Volume number 13 Issue number 3 Start page 227 End page 234 Total pages 8 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2013-09-11 ISSN 1473-3145 1746-1405 Keyword(s) antidepressants content analysis inflammatory bowel disease psychotherapy Summary Objective: This study aimed to explore patients' experiences and views on psychotherapy in relation to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and Crohn's disease (CD) in particular. Method: This descriptive survey study used semi-structured in-depth interviews with open-ended questions and a qualitative content analysis to summarise responses of 12 CD patients with mental health problems undergoing treatment with antidepressants. Results: Of 12 interviewed CD sufferers, only four received any form of psychotherapy. Two psychotherapy users considered it useful and beneficial. Patients who used psychotherapy with good results reported it improved their disease course, most likely due to improving patients' skills in reducing stress and thus, delaying relapse of the disease. Conclusion: Psychotherapy seems to be under used in IBD patients with mental health problems. Psychotherapy may act as a preventer of disease relapse in some patients and this observation needs to be tested with further quantitative studies. Online therapies may be the answer to limited psychotherapeutic resources in gastroenterology clinics. Language eng DOI 10.1080/14733145.2012.730540 Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2013, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30088824 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 Nov 2016, 13:55:53 EST Tue, 15 Nov 2016, 04:01:13 EST Tue, 15 Nov 2016, 05:08:09 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 11:25:36 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 11:26:15 EST Sat, 25 Nov 2017, 01:44:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 119 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Nov 2016, 13:55:53 EST

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