Ep 8 Dr Laurie Keefer on Brain Gut Psychogastroenterology

Talking Gut with Dr Jim Kantidakis

In today’s episode we covered:

The Brain Gut connection

The emerging area of Psychogastroenterology

The Biopsychosocial model of functional digestive disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Neuroimaging studies looking at functional digestive disorders

The Gut microbiome

The Psychological therapies shown to be helpful in managing Digestive disorders/diseases and the research behind them.

Dr Keefer’s work in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the great work she is doing at Mt Sinai in New York and a whole lot more.

Valuable and practical information for anyone challenged by these conditions and for Doctors, specialists and other health professionals to apply in clinical practice.

A really interesting conversation.

Enjoy