The essential handbook - comprehensive coverage and advice presented through the words of actual IBS sufferers
Toronto, ON (PRWeb) April 2, 2007 -- The IBS Self Help and Support Group announces today that it is launching IBS Chat: Real Life Stories and Solutions, published by iUniverse Inc. and receiving iUniverse's Publisher's Choice™ designation. IBS Chat is co-authored by Jeffrey D. Roberts, M.S.Ed., President and Founder of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self Help and Support Group and Dr. Barbara Bradley Bolen, Clinical Psychologist and author of the widely acclaimed Breaking the Bonds of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
IBS Chat: Real Life Stories and Solutions is a compilation of the best of the best posts to the Bulletin Board of the on-line Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Self Help and Support Group, (
http://www.ibsgroup.org). In an organized and easily accessible manner, IBS Chat offers a wealth of practical strategies for managing symptoms, information about a wide variety of treatment options, and insight into the effect that IBS can have on a person's life. Filled with advice, support, and reassurance, IBS Chat is an invaluable resource for anyone who suffers from this devastating intestinal disorder.
"Jeffrey Roberts and Dr. Barbara Bolen have done a remarkable job of compiling key comments, from all over the world, about IBS and the functional GI disorders. The information is well-organized, readable, and informative. I believe this book also helps to provide emotional support: the reader learns that he or she is "not alone" during those times when the symptoms are distressing or difficult to manage," explains Dr. Douglas Drossman, Medical Director, UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders.
Through discussion of the realities of IBS and the effects of drugs, foods, exercises, and therapies, IBS Chat takes what is a complex disorder and offers comprehensive, enlightening, and most importantly, hopeful strategies for gaining control and improving quality of life.
About the Authors
Jeffrey D. Roberts, M.S.Ed. is recognized world wide as the voice of the IBS community. In addition to running the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self Help and Support Group web site, Jeffrey works tirelessly as a patient advocate, in close collaboration with sufferers and health care professionals. He holds a Master of Science in Education degree from Medaille College.
Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist with a private practice on Long Island, New York. She received her doctorate from Hofstra University and has over twenty years of experience treating adults who suffer from depression, anxiety disorders, and chronic health problems. Her CBT approach to managing IBS symptoms prompted her to write her first book, Breaking the Bonds of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A psychological approach to regaining control of your life, which was published in 2000 by New Harbinger Publications.
About the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Self Help Group
The IBS Self Help Group is the premier Internet self help health site about Irritable Bowel Syndrome, with more than 20,000 members.
The IBS Self Help Group (ibsgroup.org), formed in 1987, is in support of those who suffer from IBS, those who are looking for support for someone who has IBS, and medical professionals who want to learn more about IBS. The IBS website was launched in May 1995. The IBS Self Help Group website provides access to bulletin and chat boards, blogs, news and articles, videos and podcasts, book list and store, medication listings, testing, diagnosis and treatment, research study listings, penpals and support groups.
About iUniverse
iUniverse provides individuals a simple, fast and affordable way to publish, market, and sell fiction and nonfiction books. The company is one of the largest book publishing companies in the United States. iUniverse eliminates the necessity of massive print runs, dramatically shortens time-to-market, and gives authors control over when and how their works are published. iUniverse publishing programs are endorsed by industry leading author organizations, including the Authors Guild and the ASJA. iUniverse is a proud member of the Association of American Publishers, Publishers Marketing Association, and Small Publishers Association of North America. The company's major investors include Warburg Pincus and Barnes & Noble.
About IBS Chat: Real Life Stories and Solutions
Format: 6 x 9 Paperback, 532 pages
Price: US$31.95
ISBN: 0-595-39827-8
Published: January-2007
Available by calling 1-800-AUTHORS and online at iUniverse.com, barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com
Media Contact:
Jeffrey D. Roberts, M.S.Ed., President and Founder
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Self Help and Support Group
416.932.3311
http://www.ibsgroup.orgBarbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D.
516.454.6921
Press Contact: JEFFREY ROBERTS
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Phone: 416-932-3311
Website: http://www.ibschat.org
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