Abstract

Both depressive-anxiety symptoms and psychosocial stressors are elements involved in gastrointestinal disorders [1]. What is debatable is to clarify what is the role of these factors, either as consequence or as cause in the appearance, or in the recurrence of these diseases. It can be considered that in some cases there are symptoms where there is no structural injury, but they are of emotional origin; and others in which the psychic manifestations are only a repercussion of a primary gastrointestinal disease [1]. In the first case, it is obvious that the emotional component is essential in the onset, maintenance, and relapses of the disorder, and when there is organic injury, a disease that can occur autonomously is established. In the case of primary diseases, where a psychic etiology has not been demonstrated, it cannot be ignored that psychic factors can influence vulnerability to contracting diseases, since the organism varies its balance in the face of stress [2]. Current knowledge has not yet clarified the relationship between psychic factors and their organic impact. Over the past 30 years, human research has proposed a clinical relationship between stressful life events and higher rates of morbidity and mortality [2].