Background: GI-specific psychological factors are important contributors to patients' symptom experience and quality of life across all disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI). Clinicians' ability to recognize the role of these psychological factors is essential for formulating a biopsychosocial case conceptualization and informing treatment decisions.
Purpose: This article will familiarize gastroenterology providers with conceptualizing the role of GI-specific psychological factors in DGBI and provides stepwise, practical guidance for how to assess these during clinical encounters in a time-efficient manner.
Keywords: biopsychosocial model; disorders of gut‐brain interaction; functional dyspepsia; functional heartburn; illness behaviors; irritable bowel syndrome; patient‐provider relationship; symptom‐specific anxiety.
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