Social Support Key To Pain Severity in IBS.

This study links the perceived adequacy of social support to the global severity of symptoms of IBS and its cardinal symptom (pain). It also suggests that the mechanism by which social support alleviates pain is through a reduction in stress levels.

CiteULike: The ties that bind: perceived social support, stress, and IBS in severely affected patients: "Lackner, Brasel, Quigley, Keefer, Krasner, Powell, Katz, and Sitrin (2010). The ties that bind: perceived social support, stress, and ibs in severely affected patients. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 9999(9999)."