Psychosomatics and psychoanalytic theory: The psychology of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Psychoanalytic psychosomatic theory is reviewed here with particular reference to inflammatory bowel disease, that is, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The importance of recognizing empirical research findings in conjunction with clinical inference is stressed, as well as the usefulness of exploring the full relationship context of illness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)