Behavioral Therapy for Functional Abdominal Pain

Investigators in the Netherlands conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of a 6-session cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) protocol compared with 6 visits to a pediatrician or pediatric gastroenterologist (intensive medical care [IMC]) for the treatment of pediatric functional abdominal pain (FAP). For the study, children aged 7 to 18 years who met the standardized Rome III criteria^{1 …}