[Psychosomatics in gastroenterology].

Never before has the correlation between psychosocial factors and digestive diseases or disorders been studied more intensively than in the past decade. The following article will provide you with a survey of the major studies, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases taking into account psychosocial factors. The biopsychosocial model is a remarkable step forward in the process of learning more about these diseases, The integrated way of looking at biological, psychological and social factors has become an absolute must for those who want to fully understand the development and the severity of symptoms as well as diagnostics and therapy of these disorders.