Mood Interventions for Crohn's: Path to Inflammation Reduction
Mood interventions can offer a cost-effective and effective alternative treatment for irritable bowel disease.
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Mood interventions can offer a cost-effective and effective alternative treatment for irritable bowel disease.
Talking therapies, antidepressants and exercise could be potential alternative treatments for those with bowel disorders such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, researchers have suggested.
Academics said the findings ‘highlight the potential of mental health treatments’ in treating IBD.
Talking therapies could be “a valuable tool” for people with bowel disorders such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, researchers have suggested. Academics from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London found treatments that improve the mood reduced inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by 18%. They said their findings “highlight the potential of mental health treatments as a complementary treatment” for people with IB
New King's College London research reveals that interventions which improve mood can reduce levels of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease by 18 per cent, compared to having no mood intervention.