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“One survey reported that the majority of IBS patients would give up 10 to 15 years of life expectancy for an instant cure,” said GI psychologist Dr. Megan Riehl in her IBS Frontiers Summit presentation.
Dr. Riehl knows people with IBS are a desperate patient population who face many challenges trying to manage their condition. Watch her discussion where she reviews the psychological burden of IBS, shares the importance of a psychosocial assessment in IBS management, and provides evidence of efficacy for brain-gut behavioral therapies.
Dr. Megan Riehl is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan. She is a leading GI psychologist who specializes in helping patients with motility disorders like IBS and chronic gastrointestinal diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and celiac disease.
