Paediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Psychosocial Perspective

Series introduction. Foreword. About the editors. List of contributors. Introduction. PART I: Understanding gastrointestinal disorders. Global prevalence and international perspective of paediatric GI disorders. Multidisciplinary team approach and the role of psychologists in gastroenterology services. Cognitive behavioural therapy for abdominal pain. Children with FGID: considerations of family factors (a social learning perspective). Adherence, concordance, compliance and barriers to GI treatments in children. Young people with GI conditions on home parenteral nutrition and their transition to adult services. A bio-psycho-social framework to understand children and young people with GI problems. PART II: Management and intervention. Management of functional constipation in children. Interdisciplinary intervention in adolescents with rumination syndrome. Autism spectrum disorders and gastrointestinal problems: current state of the research and implications for practice. Psychological well-being of children and young people with celiac disease. Disable to enable: morbidity and quality of life challenges in adolescents with Crohn disease. Transition from artificial enteral tube nutrition to oral eating: tube weaning feeding therapy. On learning from the experts. PART III: Tools for clinical practice. Introduction. The development of gastric systems in children. Assessment resources. Constipation in children: flow chart example. Constipation in children: clinical interview. Constipation in children: policy flow chart example. Medication management. Talk about constipation. Understanding Hirschsprung`s disease: a guide for parents and carers. Handouts from Chapter 10. Notes on cyclic vomiting syndrome. Functional gastrointestinal disorders: a case example. IP behavioural protocol. Tube weaning feeding therapy. Results of the in-patient intervention and treatment outcomes. Follow-up: School report. CORFLO cuBBy LPGD. CORFLO Max PEG System. CORFLO Farrell Valve. Index.