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AAP Grand Rounds 12:69-70 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Functional Abdominal Pain

Source: Youssef NN, Rosh JR, Loughran M, et al. Treatment of functional abdominal pain in childhood with cognitive behavioral strategies. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004;39:192–196.[Medline]

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In a retrospective chart review conducted by the division of pediatric gastroenterology of Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (ie, guided image therapy and relaxation techniques) in the treatment of childhood functional abdominal pain. After excluding organic causes of abdominal pain, 18 patients (mean age, 12.1 ± 4.9 years, 12 male) with functional abdominal pain underwent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Dean R. Focht, III, MD, FAAP1 and Leslie L. Barton, MD, FAAP2
1 Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
2 Pediatrics, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson, AZ