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A Rome Foundation GastroPsych Education program

1 continuing education credit for Licensed Psychologists is available by completing a quiz

In an engaging and practical case series, leading experts in psychogastroenterology discuss how to utilize psychological interventions with complex and unique GI presentations. This case presentation includes a didactic presentation, including an overview of the condition being treated, the rationale for psychological treatment and the scientific basis for the approach. This is followed by a case example to illustrate the condition and approach being presented.

This lecture will present a biopsychosocial model of sexual dysfunction and describe the use of sexual health-focused psychotherapy with a patient with IBS and a patient with ulcerative colitis.

Learning Objectives:

 1. Participants will identify two strategies for assessing sexual issues in GI patient populations

 2. Participants will describe a biopsychosocial conceptualization of sexual dysfunction in GI disorders

Speaker:

Alyse Bedell, PhD
GI Health Psychologist
Director, Psychogastroenterology Program
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
The University of Chicago