New research from the Centre of Excellence PREDICT at Aalborg University in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York shows that up to 35 percent of the 50,000 Danes living with chronic inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, suffer from anxiety or depression. Unfortunately, many patients with chronic bowel disease do not receive optimal treatment for their anxiety and depression. The research from the PREDICT Centre of Excellence in this area can help ensure that cooperation between the gastrointestinal departments and psychiatry receives more attention so that this patient group also receives treatment for anxiety or depression.

Link:

https://www.klinisk.aau.dk/forskning/forskningsomraader/predict/

https://www.sundhedsvidenskab.aau.dk/kronisk-tarmsyge-rammes-oftere-af-depression-eller-angst-n44291

More information:

Tania Hviid Bisgaard, ph.d.-stipendiat, Center for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Clinical Medicine, The Faculty of Medicine, AAU, taniahb@dcm.aau.dk