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A Rome Foundation GastroPsych Education program
4 continuing education credits for Licensed Psychologists is available by completing a quiz
Psychological and behavioral factors play a key role in developing and maintaining DGBI conditions, including disorders of the upper GI tract. Several complex upper GI disorders can be effectively treated with behavioral interventions delivered by multidisciplinary care team members, including psychologists and speech-language pathologists. In a practical and engaging lecture series, leading experts in psychogastroenterology will discuss the anatomy and physiology of the upper GI tract and behavioral techniques to treat belching disorders, rumination syndrome, and gastroesophageal reflux. Each seminar will include a didactic presentation, an overview of the condition being treated, the rationale for behavioral intervention, and the scientific basis for the approach. The program will draw upon current research findings as well as the presenters’ clinical expertise.
Learning Objectives:
Session One: GI Physiology for the Psychologist: DGBI Conditions of the Upper GI Tract
• Describe normal esophageal functioning.
• Explain the physiological mechanism underlying supragastric belching, rumination syndrome, esophageal hypersensitivity and gastroesophageal reflux.
Session 2: Behavioral Intervention for the Treatment of Supragastric Belching
• Identify differences between supragastric belching and aerophagia.
• Describe exercises to discontinue the supragastric belching mechanism.
Session 3: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for rumination syndrome in adult and pediatric patients
• List behavioral factors that contribute to the onset and maintenance of rumination syndrome.
• Describe how diaphragmatic breathing can be utilized to treat rumination syndrome.
Session 4: Evidence-based Psychological Interventions for Gastroesophageal Reflux
• Explain the role of brain-gut dysregulation in gastroesophageal reflux and identify cognitive and behavioral factors contributing to reflux symptoms.
• Apply the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to treat patients presenting with reflux and heartburn.
Session Speakers & Moderators:
Session One
Speaker:
Jean Fox, MD
Gastroenterologist, Internist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Moderator:
Kathryn Tomasino, PhD
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Session Two
Speaker:
Liesbeth ten Cate, MD
Speech Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist
Amsterdam University Medical Centre
Speech Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist
Amsterdam University Medical Centre
Moderator:
Sarah Kinsinger, PhD
GI Health Psychologist
Professor of Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
GI Health Psychologist
Professor of Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Session Three
Speakers:
Helen Burton Murray, PhD
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Psychology (Psychiatry)
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Psychology (Psychiatry)
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Ashley Kroon Van Diest, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Pediatric Psychologist
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Moderator:
Kari Baber, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Pediatric Psychologist,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Session Four
Speaker:
Anjali Pandit, PhD
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Moderator:
Alyse Bedell, PhD
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Medicine
University of Chicago
GI Health Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Medicine
University of Chicago