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Living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Theoretical Understanding


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1 Department of Psychology, HMM College for Women, Kolkata, India
     

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Chronic illnesses represent conditions that are not normal in functioning. A complete recovery from such insidious conditions is unobtainable. Thus, a long period of care, supervision and rehabilitation activities are called for in such cases. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic illness. Its many signs are taken care of symptomatically, but the core treatment remains undiscovered. The importance of culture will be taken into considerations in this context. Besides, the probable causes will be discussed through psychological models of affect control and self categorization. A suitable management scheme will also be attempted in addition to this.

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Chronic Illness, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Culture, Affect Control, Self Categorization.
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Urmita Chakraborty
Department of Psychology, HMM College for Women, Kolkata, India

Abstract


Chronic illnesses represent conditions that are not normal in functioning. A complete recovery from such insidious conditions is unobtainable. Thus, a long period of care, supervision and rehabilitation activities are called for in such cases. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic illness. Its many signs are taken care of symptomatically, but the core treatment remains undiscovered. The importance of culture will be taken into considerations in this context. Besides, the probable causes will be discussed through psychological models of affect control and self categorization. A suitable management scheme will also be attempted in addition to this.

Keywords


Chronic Illness, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Culture, Affect Control, Self Categorization.