A Whole9 guest post by Emily Deans M.D., a board certified psychiatrist with a practice in Massachusetts and a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the gut that can lead to cramping, abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhea. It’s symptoms often come hand in hand with chronic anxiety and depression, so as a psychiatrist, I see lots of patients with IBS symptoms. While some people take the idea that "people … [Read more...]