PART ONE

COMMON FEATURES OF CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING, SOCIAL, HEALTH AND
ECONOMIC BURDEN
GF Longstreth

QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
DL Patrick

WHY STUDY CO-MORBIDITY IN CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL
DISORDERS?
RC Heading

EXTRAGASTROINTESTINAL CO-MORBIDITY IN CHRONIC
FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
KW Olden

ALTERATIONS OF EATING BEHAVIOUR
IMPACT OF BIOLOGIC, PSYCHOLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS AND PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE
G Stacher

ALTERATIONS OF DEFECATORY BEHAVIOR ATTRIBUTABLE TO
PSYCHOSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MECHNISMS
WE Whitehead

PART TWO

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL AND PATIENT EVALUATION

THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL AND CHRONIC
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
DA Drossman

PATIENTS ILLNESSES AND DOCTORS BEHAVIOURS
ARE PATIENTS WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
IDENTICAL TO THOSE WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAINAND
WHAT DETERMINES THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS?
J Kruse, P Enck

PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
FH Creed

THE PHYSICIAN PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
DA Drossman

PART THREE

MECHANISMS OF GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN AND DISCOMFORT

NEUROANATOMY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND OF CHRONIC GUT PAIN
DG Thompson

CHEST PAIN OF OESOPHAGEAL ORIGIN
JF Tack

UNEXPLAINED NAUSEA AND VOMITING
KL Koch

CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DISCOMFORT
RELEVANCE OF INTESTINAL GAS DYNAMICS
J-R Malagelada

CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN
M Delvaux,Y Aggadi, J Frexinos

EXTRAGASTROINTESTINAL CHRONIC PAIN
THE EXAMPLE OF MYOGENIC PAIN
HC Traue, M Kessler,T Rudisch

PART FOUR

CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

CLINICAL APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF
GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN ADULTS
J-P Galmiche, HR Galmiche

HELICOBACTER PYLORI, GASTRITIS AND
FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA
R Corinaldesi, G Barbara,V Stanghellini

FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
M Lazzaroni, G Bianchi Porro

CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION
M Camilleri

CHRONIC DIARRHOEA
R Caprilli, G Latella, A Viscido

CLINICAL APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF CROHNS DISEASE
L Biancone, P Doldo, F Pallone

CLINICAL APPROACH TO IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
A SIX-POINT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
WG Thompson

FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS IN INFLAMMATORY
BOWEL DISEASE
EJ Irvine

APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC FUNCTIONAL
CONSTIPATION
E Corazziari, D Badiali

DYSCHEZIA AND TENESMUS
SSC Rao

APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH FAECAL INCONTINENCE
F Musial, P Enck

PART FIVE

CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
IN NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS

OROPHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA IN NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS
FI Habib, S Torrico, M Ruggeri, C Zampaletta

LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTIONS IN
NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS
D Badiali, L dAlba, F Bracci, E Corazziari

PART SIX

THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF CHRONIC
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

PHYSIOPHARMACOLOGY OF RECEPTORS INVOLVED IN
GASTROINTESTINAL MOTOR FUNCTION
M Tonini

NOVEL DRUGS FOR TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
C Scarpignato, I Pelosini

PROBIOTICS IN HUMAN HEALTH
COLONIZATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT,
NUTRITIVE AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS
G Panichi

PROBIOTICS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
EC Zucconi, P Gionchetti, A Venturi, F Rizzello,
R Johansson, U Helwig, M Campieri

ANTIBIOTICS IN DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON
L Capurso, C Papi

ANTIBIOTICS IN CROHNS DISEASE
ML Scribano, C Prantera

PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY OF CHRONIC
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
GA Fava

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL TREATMENT FOR FUNCTIONAL
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
BB Toner

HYPNOSIS FOR IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
PJ Whorwell

ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT OUTCOME IN THE FUNCTIONAL
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
KB Klein

PHARMACOECONOMICS
GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND IRRITABLE
BOWEL SYNDROME
GP Zara, M Eandi