Irritable bowel syndrome as a biopsychosocial disease (review)

Abstract

The research work is devoted to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as an independent nosological unity of modern gas-troenterology. Risk factors, clinical manifestations and diagnostic methods of IBS have been analyzed. Psychological and social characteristics in the development of IBS have been examined

Keywords

• irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• psychological and social factors
• serotonergic system