Prevalence of attention deficit disorder, residual type, and other psychiatric disorders in patients with irritable colon syndrome

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Abstract
On the basis of the observations that chronic nonspecific diarrhea is a precursor of irritable colon syndrome and that chronic nonspecific diarrhea is associated with attention deficit disorder in childhood, a psychiatric diagnostic evaluation of 22 adults with irritable colon syndrome was conducted. Six (27%) patients received a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder, residual type, 6 (27%) were diagnosed as having dysthymic disorder and 5 (23%) had episodes of unipolar depression. The relationship between the presence of these disorders and greater severity of irritable colon syndrome was statistically significant.

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