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Conservative and behavioural management of constipation
Author(s) -
Whitehead W. E.,
Di Lorenzo C.,
Leroi A. M.,
Porrett T.,
Rao S. S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neurogastroenterology and motility
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.489
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1365-2982
pISSN - 1350-1925
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01404.x
Subject(s) - constipation , etiology , focus (optics) , psychology , medicine , chronic constipation , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , surgery , physics , optics
This article deals with psychological contributions, such as stool withholding or responses to abuse experiences, to the aetiology of evacuation disorders (with a focus on dyssynergic defecation), and with education and behavioural approaches to treatment.