Vitamin D insufficiency is common in the United States; the elderly and African‐Americans
are at particularly high risk of deficiency. This review, written for a broad scientific …

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can affect many areas of psychosocial
functioning, and comprehensive medical care includes consideration of psychosocial issues …

Objective Knowledge of factors impacting adolescents' ability to adhere to their inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD) regimen is limited. The current study examines the collective impact of …

Background Psychological morbidity in young people aged 10–24 years, with inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD) is increased, but risk factors for and impacts of this are unclear. Aim To …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the feasibility and efficacy of a manual-based cognitive-behavioral
therapy (CBT) in reducing depressive symptomatology in adolescents with inflammatory …

Early life stress enhances the vulnerability to both mood and chronic inflammatory disorders,
suggesting a link between these stress-related disorders. To study this, we exposed male …

Objective. In a cohort of 70 patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
(cSLE): to determine the baseline adherence to medications and visits; to investigate the …

Hintergrund Die Colitis ulcerosa (CU) ist neben dem Morbus Crohn die wichtigste chronisch-
entzündliche Darmerkrankung (CED). Die Inzidenz für die Colitis ulcerosa liegt in …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was threefold: 1) to describe spiritual well-being
(existential and religious well-being) in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) …

Background Studies have begun to identify psychosocial factors associated with depressive
symptoms in youth with IBD. However, despite considerable speculation in the literature …