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Two controlled evaluations of multicomponent psychological treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Schwarz, S P, Suls, J M, Gerardi, M A, Scharff, L, Greene, B, Taylor, A E, Berreman, C, Malamood, H S

“…We report two controlled comparisons of a previously validated multicomponent (relaxation, thermal biofeedback, and cognitive therapy) treatment for irritable…”
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Evaluation of a psychological treatment for inflammatory bowel disease by Schwarz, S P, Blanchard, E B

“…Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses two related gastrointestinal-tract diseases, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD). This study, a…”
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The role of anxiety and depression in the irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Scharff, L, Schwarz, S P, Suls, J M, Barlow, D H

“…Using a reliable and valid structured diagnostic interview scale (ADIS-R), and patients with careful medical characterization, we found significantly more…”
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Psychological aspects of irritable bowel syndrome: comparisons with inflammatory bowel disease and nonpatient controls by Schwarz, S P, Blanchard, E B, Berreman, C F, Scharff, L, Taylor, A E, Greene, B R, Suls, J M, Malamood, H S

“…Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (n = 121) were compared to 46 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and to 45 nonpatient controls on a…”
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Behaviorally treated irritable bowel syndrome patients: a four-year follow-up by Schwarz, S P, Taylor, A E, Scharff, L, Blanchard, E B

“…Nineteen of 27 patients suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) who had completed a multicomponent treatment involving progressive muscle relaxation,…”
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Relaxation training as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Greene, B, Scharff, L, Schwarz-McMorris, S P

“…Although there have been many successful, controlled demonstrations of the clinical efficacy of multicomponent treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),…”
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Reasons for Changing Answers: An Evaluation Using Personal Interviews by Schwarz, Shirley P., McMorris, Robert F., DeMers, Lawrence P.

“…Researchers investigating answer changing have consistently found the preponderance of changes on objective items to be from wrong to right, but little is…”
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Attitudes, Behaviors, and Reasons for Changing Responses Following Answer-Changing Instruction by McMorris, Robert F., DeMers, Lawrence P., Schwarz, Shirley P.

“…Contrary to the adage warning against changing test answers, mean gain from changing has been an invariant research finding. Consistency of this gain was…”
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Psychological assessment and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Schwarz, S P, Radnitz, C R

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Behavioral treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a 1-year follow-up study by Schwarz, S P, Blanchard, E B, Neff, D F

“…Sixteen clients afflicted with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were reassessed 1 year following completion of a multicomponent treatment package incorporating…”
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Motor vehicle accidents, headaches and post-traumatic stress disorder: assessment findings in a consecutive series by Hickling, E J, Blanchard, E B, Silverman, D J, Schwarz, S P

“…Results of 20 consecutive cases referred for post-traumatic headache (PT-HA) to a psychological practice were assessed for both psychiatric and neurological…”
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Prediction of outcome from cognitive-behavioral treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Scharff, L, Payne, A, Schwarz, S P, Suls, J M, Malamood, H

“…The presence of a diagnosable Axis I psychiatric disorder predicted significantly (P less than 0.001) lower likelihood of significant improvement among 90…”
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Physiological reactivity to stressors in irritable bowel syndrome patients, inflammatory bowel disease patients and non-patient controls by Payne, A, Blanchard, E B, Holt, C S, Schwarz, S P

“…Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients were compared with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients and non-patient controls on four separate physiological…”
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Prediction of outcome from the self-regulatory treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Schwarz, S P, Neff, D F, Gerardi, M A

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Adaptation of a multicomponent treatment for irritable bowel syndrome to a small-group format by Blanchard, E B, Schwarz, S P

“…We evaluated a multicomponent treatment program for IBS that had been adapted to a small-group format. Patient acceptance was satisfactory with 14 of 17…”
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Psychological changes associated with self-regulatory treatments of irritable bowel syndrome by Blanchard, E B, Radnitz, C, Schwarz, S P, Neff, D F, Gerardi, M A

“…The psychological "side effects" of self-regulatory treatment (a combination of relaxation, thermal biofeedback, and cognitive therapy) for irritable bowel…”
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Psychological comparisons of irritable bowel syndrome to chronic tension and migraine headache and nonpatient controls by Blanchard, E B, Radnitz, C L, Evans, D D, Schwarz, S P, Neff, D F, Gerardi, M A

“…Comparisons were made among patients with IBS (n = 55), tension headache (n = 69), or migraine headache (n = 68) and nonpatient controls (n = 64) on the MMPI…”
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