Editing Crohn's disease (section)

=== Mental health ===
Crohn's may result in [[anxiety disorders|anxiety]] or [[mood disorders]], especially in young people who may have stunted growth or embarrassment from [[fecal incontinence]].<ref name="Szigethy">{{cite journal | vauthors = Szigethy E, McLafferty L, Goyal A | title = Inflammatory bowel disease | journal = Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America | volume = 19 | issue = 2 | pages = 301–18, ix | date = April 2010 | pmid = 20478501 | doi = 10.1016/j.chc.2010.01.007 | url = http://gut.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/39/Suppl_1/A15 | access-date = September 4, 2018 | url-status = live | type = Submitted manuscript | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210428151606/https://gut.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/39/Suppl_1/A15 | archive-date = April 28, 2021 }}</ref> Counselling as well as [[antidepressant]] or [[anxiolytic]] medication may help some people manage.<ref name="Szigethy" />

{{as of|2017}} there is a small amount of research looking at [[Mindfulness#Therapy programs|mindfulness-based therapies]], hypnotherapy, and [[cognitive behavioural therapy]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ballou S, Keefer L | title = Psychological Interventions for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases | journal = Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = e214 | date = January 2017 | pmid = 28102860 | pmc = 5288603 | doi = 10.1038/ctg.2016.69 }}</ref> A meta analysis of interventions to improve mood (including talking therapy, [[Antidepressant|antidepressants]], and exercise) in people with inflammatory bowel disease found that they reduced inflammatory markers such as [[C-reactive protein]] and [[faecal calprotectin]]. Psychological therapies reduced inflammation more than antidepressants or exercise.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Seaton N, Hudson J, Harding S, Norton S, Mondelli V, Jones AS, Moss-Morris R | title = Do interventions for mood improve inflammatory biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease?: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = eBioMedicine | volume = 100 | pages = 104910 | date = February 2024 | pmid = 38272759 | pmc = 10878994 | doi = 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104910 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Improving mood reduces inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/improving-mood-reduces-inflammation-in-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ |journal=NIHR Evidence|doi=10.3310/nihrevidence_63192 }}</ref>